A public information open house for the Georgia Highway 92 relocation project is today, 5-8 p.m., in the Stewart Middle School gymnasium.

The school is located at 8138 Malone Street.

Organizers will have a copy of the draft mitigation plan on hand for participants to view and make comments on.

The plan was derived from nearly 250 comments and suggestions made at a town hall meeting Aug. 1 and several information workshops and stakeholders meetings since then, according to Marcia Hampton, director of community and downtown services for the city.

The project proposes to widen and realign Highway 92 from just south of Durelee Lane in Douglas County to Nebo Road in Paulding County, with the construction of three grade-separated structures at the proposed Highway 92 intersections with Highway 78, the Norfolk-Southern Railroad and E. Strickland Street, according to Hampton.

The proposed project would call for the relocation and upgrade of the existing railroad crossing at McCarley Street and the closing of three railroad crossings in the city: Highway 92/Dallas Highway, Mozley Street and Brown Street.

Representatives from the city, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and Croy Engineering will be on hand to answer questions and provide additional information to those who need it.

The goal is for everyone impacted by the project to not only understand it, but to have input and register their comments — good or bad.

“We can’t do anything until you tell us what you want and what’s best for you,” Hampton said at an earlier workshop.

The approval of the mitigation plan is an important step before the project can move on to the next phase, she said Monday.

“It’s pretty much the last step before reaching an agreement between Douglasville, the Federal Highway Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation,” she said.

This is the second time in recent years that the city has worked toward a proposed realignment of the highway. In 2006, the project made it to the public information open house phase but a mitigation plan was never developed, Hampton said. This time, officials went out full-force, personally going door-to-door and using the help of community stakeholders — individuals who live in the affected communities.

At least six community workshops were held in the impacted communities and several more with the stakeholders.

Still, Hampton encouraged everyone who has a stake in the proposed project to come to the open house and register their thoughts. There will not be a presentation. Anyone can drop in at any time between 5-8 p.m. to comment on the mitigation plan, get more information about the project or ask questions.

Those who would like more information may reach Hampton at 678-715-6091 or visit the Web site: www.gahwy92.com.