infinitebird
10-14-2011, 04:03 PM
Just wanted to post this since I'm sure it will be of interest to Atlanta people.
The Atlanta Roundtable just published their final report on a $6 billion transportation improvement plan for the 12 county metro area. The report just won unanimous approval from the mayors. http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/atlanta-regions-6-14-1200104.html
Full project list is here, you can see the improvements listed in your county: http://www.atlantaregionalroundtable.com/documents/final_report.pdf
This plan is designed to alleviate congestion and traffic problems and develop better traffic flow by improving existing roads and adding new ones, and by expanding rail to CDC/Emory, developing a plan for expanding the MARTA north line to Holcomb Bridge, and adding a light rail service into Cobb. It will also pay for resurfacing streets in poor condition, and improving intersections that have bottlenecks as well as widening a lot of congested roads.
Next year citizens in the metro areas will vote on a 1 percent sales tax increase for the next 10 years to fund the project. I know political opinions are not allowed so I'm not going to express an opinion on which way you should vote, but I'm just trying to make people aware of this. The traffic situation in Atlanta has gotten much worse over the last few decades and this is the largest investment in transportation infrastructure that has been proposed in that time, so this is a good discussion for people in the area to be having.
The Atlanta Roundtable just published their final report on a $6 billion transportation improvement plan for the 12 county metro area. The report just won unanimous approval from the mayors. http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/atlanta-regions-6-14-1200104.html
Full project list is here, you can see the improvements listed in your county: http://www.atlantaregionalroundtable.com/documents/final_report.pdf
This plan is designed to alleviate congestion and traffic problems and develop better traffic flow by improving existing roads and adding new ones, and by expanding rail to CDC/Emory, developing a plan for expanding the MARTA north line to Holcomb Bridge, and adding a light rail service into Cobb. It will also pay for resurfacing streets in poor condition, and improving intersections that have bottlenecks as well as widening a lot of congested roads.
Next year citizens in the metro areas will vote on a 1 percent sales tax increase for the next 10 years to fund the project. I know political opinions are not allowed so I'm not going to express an opinion on which way you should vote, but I'm just trying to make people aware of this. The traffic situation in Atlanta has gotten much worse over the last few decades and this is the largest investment in transportation infrastructure that has been proposed in that time, so this is a good discussion for people in the area to be having.