Residents living near Hugh Howell Road and Rosser Road on the east side of Tucker gathered at Tucker City Hall on March 24 to talk with engineers about forthcoming improvements to the intersection.
Engineers from Pond & Company shared data, answered questions, and received feedback from attendees on the proposed project, which will realign Rosser Road to create a perpendicular, four-way intersection with Stoneleigh Drive and Hugh Howell Road.
Ken Hildebrandt, Tucker’s city engineer, told Rough Draft that the improvements to the intersection will make the road safer.
“It’s currently a skewed intersection,” he said. “Rosser Road comes in at an angle, it’s very difficult to turn left there. We’ve had a lot of serious accidents.”
The intersection was identified in a traffic study conducted in May 2025 as a priority safety need. According to data presented at Tuesday’s event, 34 total crashes occurred at the intersection from 2020 to 2024, five of which caused injury. This is nearly three times the amount of crashes that occurred only a few hundred feet down Hugh Howell Road, at the intersection with Rosser Place.
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The project will also introduce a traffic signal to the intersection to further improve safety. Members of Tucker City Council granted Pond & Company a contract of more than $200,000 for the project in September 2025, and an early total cost estimate is $1.75 million.
While the event on Tuesday was intended to inform residents of the project’s details, attendees were also invited to provide feedback with comment cards, inquiring if they were supportive of the project. Hildebrandt said that most of the feedback he had received was positive.
“I’m thrilled there’s going to be a light, that it will be easier to turn left and right,” Kim Ussery, a Tucker resident in attendance at the meeting, said. “I’m very, very happy.”
Construction on the intersection is expected to begin in fall of 2026, Hildebrandt said, with completion estimated for summer 2027.