Paulding County staff presented a proposed amendment to the county’s left‑turn lane and right‑turn deceleration lane technical guidelines during the Oct. 28 work session.

Gil, a county engineering staff member who presented the item, said the current policy considers left‑turn lane needs based on left‑turn volumes without sufficiently accounting for a road’s functional classification or projected traffic. The proposed update would require consideration of left‑turn lanes on all roads classified as collectors or arterials and on local roads that are at or projected within a three‑year horizon to reach 6,800 vehicles per day, a regional planning threshold noted by staff.

Gil told the board that left‑turn volume thresholds themselves would remain unchanged; the amendment narrows where those thresholds would apply so reviews focus on higher‑traffic corridors. During questions a commissioner asked how the county accounts for zoned but undeveloped land; staff replied they consider only existing volumes and developments already in the development review process rather than speculative future subdivisions.

The item was presented for consideration; no final board action to adopt the guideline changes is recorded in the publicly available transcript.