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Duties of Public Works
The Peachtree Corners Public Works Department:
- maintains roadways, traffic signals, signs, and rights-of-way
- oversees various permits related to road closures and rights-of-way encroachments
- manages SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) funded projects such as street resurfacing, capital improvement projects, and other public infrastructure projects in the city's comprehensive plan
- reviews and approves engineering and construction plans, stormwater systems, and site development plans
- oversees inspection of all construction-related activity, arboreal activities, and permitting requirements
- maintains compliance with Federal and State regulations for municipal operations
Forms
The form below may be submitted online or downloaded as a fillable PDF by clicking the "Print Document Without Submitting" button on the left side of the page.
Application for Utility Construction Permit - application for a permit issued to utility contractors who wish to perform maintenance or expansion of facilities inside the city's right of way.
Encroachment or Driveway Permit - application for anyone interested in a project inside the city's right of way, connecting to a city street, or building new structures inside the right of way.
Request for Speed Table Assessment - request for an initial evaluation in the process of speed hump installation.
Streetlight Program
Work to add lighting to existing utility poles has begun. Once this is complete, the city will move on to Phase II of the program which will be to identify where new poles and lighting can be added along main roads.
Petition for New Streetlights
To have streetlights installed by petition process in the City of Peachtree Corners, a Streetlight Petition (PDF) must be submitted to this office. All of the property owners in the subdivision or defined service area should be contacted and given an opportunity to sign the petition, indicating their “YES” or “NO” concerning the installation of streetlights.
Streetlight Outage
Report outages directly to Georgia Power.
Gwinnett County Sanitary Sewer Project
Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources is upsizing approximately two miles of gravity sewer between Jones Bridge Park and Simpsonwood Park. See Gwinnett County’s FAQ sheet (PDF) for more details and contact information.
Speed Hump Program
Peachtree Corners will consider speed hump installation on streets that are regarded as local streets, are primarily residential in character, and have a posted speed limit of 25 mph. After the initial request made by submitting a Request for Speed Table Assessment, an evaluation of the severity of speeding will be conducted. If the speed evaluation finding is below 30 mph, speed humps are not recommended. If the speed evaluation finding is above 30 mph, a petition will be circulated by the requestor to the property owners along the affected street to express support or opposition for speed hump installation.
Based on a speed evaluation finding of 30 mph or higher, 75 percent of the property owners on that street will be required to sign the petition in favor of the speed humps. Although Peachtree Corners recognizes speed humps as an effective method to reduce speeds, installation of this traffic calming device can be controversial.
- How does the Speed Hump Program work?
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When concerns about speeding on a residential street and a request for the installation of speed humps are received, City staff will conduct a traffic study at the site. The traffic counter will collect speed, volume, and direction data. The results of this study will indicate the severity of speeding on the street. Depending upon the results of the speed study, a speed hump layout may be prepared and then sent with a petition to the citizen making the request. A percentage of the property owners along the affected street will have to approve the layout on a formal petition before the proposal is forwarded to the City Council for approval. The petition process allows the neighborhood to make the decision if speed humps are the appropriate tool for them.
- What is the cost to the homeowners?
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The speed hump installation costs are paid by the City and annualized assessments based on the costs associated with maintenance and repair of speed humps are added to the property tax bills at the end of the year. Each platted lot, whether developed or not, will be subject to the assessed charges on the street where speed humps are installed. The rate for participation in the Speed Hump Program will be assessed annually per property in the defined service area.
- Where are speed humps located?
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Speed humps are not used to slow traffic at a given point, but rather to reinforce a safe speed along a street or street section. In most applications, they are spaced between 300 – 500 feet apart since studies in Georgia and across the nation indicate that this is the most effective method to reduce the 85th percentile speed to between 25 and 30 mph. The first hump in a series is located near a controlled intersection to deter a motorist approaching a speed control district at excessive speeds. Speed humps are not located on hills with a grade greater than eight percent.
- Will stop signs reduce speeding in our neighborhood?
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Stop signs are used to assign right-of-way at busy intersections. National standards have been established to determine when stop signs are warranted, taking into consideration traffic volume, sight distance, and accident history. Engineering studies across the nation have shown that multi-way stops do not work well as speed control devices. While speeds decrease in the immediate vicinity of unwarranted stop signs, speeds often increase between stop signs as drivers “make up for lost time,” thus any effect that they have on speeds is purely local.
Stop signs also increase air pollution, waste fuel, and create more traffic noise. Most drivers are reasonable and prudent. When confronted with unreasonable and unnecessary restrictions, motorists are more likely to violate them, which often leads to contempt for other traffic signs. For this reason, the Gwinnett Department of Transportation does not recommend multi-way stop signs for speed control.
- Why is a petition used?
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Peachtree Corners uses a neighborhood-driven approach to residential speed control. For the speed humps to be effective, the installation should be supported by the property owners along the subject street. The City’s staff is responsible for managing the Speed Hump Program, while the property owners are responsible for obtaining community support.
- Why is the petition signed by only property owners of the subject street?
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The petition coversheet, which should be read by all affected property owners, outlines the aspects of the Speed Hump Program. The property owners of the affected street, or defined service area, will become a part of a special assessment district of properties that will directly benefit from the speed hump installation.
Once approved by the City Council, this special assessment district will be charged the annual maintenance fee on their property tax bill. Residents on other streets will not be affected since they will not be within the special assessment district and thus are not eligible to sign the petition.
- What is the difference between a speed hump and a speed bump?
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Peachtree Corners uses devices called speed humps, which are designed to achieve a specific result on vehicle operations without imposing an unacceptable or unreasonable safety risk. Motorists can travel along the street at speeds close to the posted speed limit with little or no discomfort. Speed bumps, on the other hand, are abrupt devices designed to be crossed at slow speeds and are mostly used in parking lots or private driveways.