Overnight lane closures begin on McGinnis Ferry Road this week

Drivers using McGinnis Ferry Road near Brassfield Drive, Seven Oaks and Fawn Lake Drive will face overnight lane closures and flagging from Tuesday night through Thursday night, with the work scheduled from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night, weather permitting. The timing puts the heaviest disruption squarely on late-night workers, early-morning commuters and anyone trying to move across the corridor before dawn.

The closure zone sits on one of the most important east-west connectors in south Forsyth and north Johns Creek, where McGinnis Ferry Road carries neighborhood traffic, hospital trips and regional commuters between Douglas Road and Hospital Parkway. In practical terms, that makes even short overnight lane reductions noticeable for residents in nearby subdivisions and for drivers trying to reach SR 400, Ronald Reagan Boulevard and other major routes farther north and west.

The work is part of Phase I of the McGinnis Ferry Road widening project, which began with a groundbreaking on March 11, 2025. Forsyth County says the first phase is expected to last three years and covers about 2.5 miles from Douglas Road to Hospital Parkway. Johns Creek says the roadway will be widened from two lanes to four lanes in this phase, a change meant to improve operations, reduce congestion and strengthen safety along a corridor that has been under pressure for years.

The project is more than a simple lane addition. Johns Creek says it also includes a 20-foot raised median, a 10-foot multi-use path on the north side, a 5-foot sidewalk on the south side and replacement of the bridge over Caney Creek. Those pieces are intended to improve pedestrian access as well as vehicle flow, including better connections to the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta and to destinations such as Emory Johns Creek Hospital and the new Town Center.

Funding for Phase I comes from several local and state sources: $20 million from the Georgia Department of Transportation, $14.4 million from Forsyth County, $8.1 million from Johns Creek and $1.5 million from Fulton County Water & Sewer. County officials have also said future construction may require temporary lane closures as traffic control devices are used to keep vehicles moving during the buildout.

For nearby residents, the overnight schedule means more noise, more lighting and less flexibility on a road that has already seen daytime single-lane closures and flagging. The long-term payoff is a wider, safer corridor, but this week’s work is a reminder that the most visible progress on McGinnis Ferry Road will continue to arrive in the form of short, uncomfortable interruptions.