Statesboro city and Bulloch County officials recently selected an engineering firm, pending price negotiations, to design some jointly-funded traffic improvements for the Burkhalter Road corridor. So this effort is moving forward while the area of Burkhalter Road near the often congested Georgia Highway 67 intersection receives new attention as the proposed site for a data center. City Council in a morning meeting and the county Board of Commissioners in an evening meeting, both Aug. 4, authorized staff negotiations with Kimley-Horn & Associates after the firm was selected for the by a joint city-county staff committee. The project to be designed will include widening Burkhalter Road from Herman Rushing Road to the Highway 67 intersection, plus improvements on Burkhalter at both the Cawana Road and Highway 67 intersections. “When you look out across the city, the one road that probably needs a lot of attention is that area, because of all of the growth and, if everybody remembers, if you’re on Burkhalter and you want to turn right and come up 67, you may have to wait several times (traffic light changes) because of the traffic … stacking,” Statesboro City Manager Charles Penny told the mayor and council. The selection of a design firm follows through on an intergovernmental agreement, approved by the same elected boards Feb. 17, that assigns city and county responsibilities for Harville Road, Burkhalter Road and Cawana Road sets out cost sharing guidelines for any…
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