'Slip Lane' at I-285 Interchange to Open Tuesday

A new "slip lane" from Lake Hearn Drive to Ashford Dunwoody Road is scheduled to open back up Tuesday as part of the ongoing realignment of the I-285 interchange in Dunwoody, according to officials with the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts.

The interchange was realigned June 3 to become Georgia first "diverging diamond interchange."

“The new ‘slip lane’ replicates the access to major employers such as Auto Trader, Cox Communications and Crawford and Company just as it did before the lane was closed for DDI construction,” said David Purcell, chief operating officer of the PCIDs, a partner in the interchange project with the Georgia Department of Transportation.

“The ‘slip lane’ was paved during the weekend and the guardrail will be installed Monday (June 18) and the lane will be opened to traffic Tuesday morning,” Purcell said.  “This is the promise we have been given by the contractor.”