Two summer road projects just crossed the finish line

Mayfield at Bethany is open again. Just over the Milton line, Alpharetta has reopened the roundabout at Mayfield and Bethany roads, right on schedule. Detours for through-traffic are lifted and normal travel has resumed, welcome news for anyone whose school run, Crabapple loop, or downtown Alpharetta shortcut threads that intersection.

Hopewell and Thompson are as good as new. The full-depth reclamations we first covered in June, when crews ground both roads down to dirt to rebuild them from the base up, are essentially complete. Hopewell between Birmingham and Hamby and Thompson from just south of Tabbystone Pass to Hopewell are riding on fresh, smooth asphalt, with only final striping left. Summer is prime resurfacing season while school is out, and the city says similar work lands on other Milton roads in 2027.