Motorists may soon find themselves traveling on the Silver Comet Parkway rather than the East-West Connector if a Smyrna councilman gets his way.
Councilman Ron Fennel wants to rename the heavily traveled 18-year-old road because he says Cobb County residents deserve a road named for what he calls one of the area’s greatest assets, the Silver Comet Trail. The trail begins in Smyrna and will connect Atlanta and Birmingham once finished.
The road begins near Interstate 285 through Smyrna, turning into Barrett Parkway at Powder Springs Road.
Fennel said it was never intended to be called the East-West Connector.
“It was a description on an engineering drawing,” he said. “Nobody bothered to take the next step and put a proper moniker on this road.”
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