Future Georgia Projects/Issues

[Tomahawkin]

Name Them???? I would Like to see that US 27 corridor built up as a freeway from border to boder and tolled since there wont be no Outer Perimeter outside of 285 built...Also I have wanted to Toll 95 in SE Ga, because Snowbirds form the NE use that route often and the state needs money to fix issues in Atlanta...That #### Nathan Deal has Neglected the Interstate/infrastructure during his reign, and SRTA is a Joke...And It looks like the STRA is gonna Hustle people with those Garbage HOT lanes (They are in the stages of adding more), the prices go up by the week since the SPLOST was voted down, which was dumb

[NE2]

Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[Tomahawkin]

I hope you are not being Sarcastic...? The State of Georgia needs revenue from Toll roads, that's How both Florida and Texas Fund many their road projects and Infrastructure maintenance...Also There Needs to be a "Revive I-285" Project that could settle the Top End Perimeter issues by adding a stretch of collector/distributor roads from The PIB Interchange (The Peachtree Industrial Blvd needs a Total Overhaul) all the way to 400 and Roswell Road...

That Whole area needs to be Redone in General...A Majority of those surface street interchanges are in need of repair! And Im Baffled in that the State doesn't believe in SPUI's? But will try to relieve issues by the diamond diverted interchanges (Ashford Dunwoody road and Pleasant Hill). The State thinking that will solve a lot of congestion is totally FUB'R...Its Like Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet wound

OTOH, The State needs to add toll roads on I-95 and US 27 as bypasses of Atlanta for all the Snowbirds who visit Florida this time of year, Its one of the few ways the state can improve its infrastructure....

[hotdogPi]

Remember that they will remove the tolls on GA 400, and they had a reason for that.

[Big John]

Remember that they will remove the tolls on GA 400, and they had a reason for that.

On Nov 22: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/ga-400-tolls-to-officially-end-on-nov-22/nbmdX/

[SSF]

US 27 gets very little snowbird traffic, it's not really the best way to go unless you are just deathly afraid of Atlanta traffic.  In the SW GA area, 231/431 are far more useful and in NW GA/middle GA, it is predominantly local traffic. 

27 also has the misfortune of not going to a snowbird destination, as 75 goes to the FL peninsula, 231/431 goto PCB and I-10 to get to FWB and Pensacola, and 27 goes to Tallahassee. 

[NE2]

27 also has the misfortune of not going to a snowbird destination, as 75 goes to the FL peninsula, 231/431 goto PCB and I-10 to get to FWB and Pensacola, and 27 goes to Tallahassee. 

You can stick to GRIP corridors and go Chattanooga-Valdosta via 27-520-133, adding only 30 miles to a 300+ mile trip (40 miles cutting southwest on 53 from Canton). Not that this justifies a new terrain highway, but does appear to be a reasonable alternate if you prefer the occasional slowdown to stop and go.

[SSF]

The road I think GDOT needs to focus on is the Fall Line Freeway to finally get that high speed connection from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.

[lordsutch]

The road I think GDOT needs to focus on is the Fall Line Freeway to finally get that high speed connection from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.

The last segment (the Milledgeville south bypass) is currently under construction, although the Macon section is currently a bit half-assed since Eisenhower Parkway won't be extended east to GA 57 and there are still a couple of other substandard sections that GDOT has little immediate interest in fixing (the two-lane section through Wrens, Butler's 30 mph speed trap, and the section near Alt US 27 that is going to be overrun with development in the next 10-15 years).

[adventurernumber1]

If you want to see some summer projects for Georgia, here's a link. http://www.dot.ga.gov/projects/Pages/default.aspx

[Tom958]

If you want to see some summer projects for Georgia, here's a link. http://www.dot.ga.gov/projects/Pages/default.aspx

Construction of a pedestrian tunnel on State Route 284/Clarks Bridge Road in Hall County (a detour of this route will be in place until July 26).

Huh? Whut? I can't imagine why such a thing would be needed anywhere along that route.

[Tomahawkin]

Bump. Anyone know the completion dates for the elevated toll lanes? After seeing the construction around Mcdonough, it seems that section won't be completed til Xmas of 2017 and the northern toll lanes look another 20+ months away from completion???

[lordsutch]

Bump. Anyone know the completion dates for the elevated toll lanes? After seeing the construction around Mcdonough, it seems that section won't be completed til Xmas of 2017 and the northern toll lanes look another 20+ months away from completion???

Don't forget these are P3 projects, so the contractor makes more money for getting the project done sooner, unlike most GDOT projects where the contractor just has to meet a very relaxed completion date.

According to the charts on the GDOT site the I-75 south project is supposed to be done by the end of 2016, and most of what still needs to be done now (paving and some signs and barrier work) can be cranked out in a few months - all the major bridgework and grading is done, and even most of the mainline signage is installed except where a barrier is needed before it can be erected.

[Tomahawkin]

Even at the 675 interchange? It looks like that part is at least 10 months off from completion?

[dfwtbear]

Even at the 675 interchange? It looks like that part is at least 10 months off from completion?

The website is giving 2017.
http://www.dot.ga.gov/DS/GEL/I75ExpressLanes

[lordsutch]

Again, it's a P3. They get paid from the tolls for opening ASAP. Accordingly they will get done in a typical month what normally would take 2-3, since they're actually working the length of the project every day instead of foot-dragging like they'd do on a "normal" highway project.

[Georgia]

here is a future Georgia project heh

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/could-capping-the-downtown-connector-rejuvenate-do/nsG2j/

[Gnutella]

I'd like to see some of the major routes into Athens upgraded. Here's my list:


1. Upgrade GA 316 to a six-lane limited-access highway from the Athens Perimeter to Harbins Road, and an eight-lane limited-access highway from Harbins Road to I-85. Consider designating the highway I-785.

2. Upgrade U.S. 129 to a four-lane divided highway from Gray to Watkinsville, including the multiplex with U.S. 441 from Eatonton to Watkinsville, and including bypasses around Gray and Bishop.

3. Upgrade U.S. 78 to a four-lane divided highway from Athens to GA 22 east of Lexington, including a bypass around Crawford and Lexington.

4. Upgrade U.S. 29 to a four-lane divided highway from GA 106 to Hartwell, including a bypass around Franklin Springs and Royston. Upgrade GA 17 to a four-lane divided highway from Lavonia to Royston.

5. Widen the Athens Perimeter to six lanes from GA 316 to Lexington Road, including a radical overhaul of the GA 316/Perimeter interchange. Upgrade U.S. 29 to a four-lane limited-access highway from the Athens Perimeter to GA 106 in Hull. Consider making this part of the I-785 designation.

6. Upgrade U.S. 129 to a four-lane divided highway between Gainesville and Pendergrass.

[Tomahawkin]

here is a future Georgia project heh
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here is a future Georgia project heh

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/could-capping-the-downtown-connector-rejuvenate-do/nsG2j/

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/could-capping-the-downtown-connector-rejuvenate-do/nsG2j/

I don't think there is any way this project could happen. More construction on the connector would make it impassable if they close lanes for that kind of development. The connector is the most dangerous freeway I have ever traveled. I have near misses once a week on my commutes to work and I work in an area that is against the normal Atlanta traffic flow

[Strider]

here is a future Georgia project heh
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here is a future Georgia project heh

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/could-capping-the-downtown-connector-rejuvenate-do/nsG2j/

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/could-capping-the-downtown-connector-rejuvenate-do/nsG2j/

I don't think there is any way this project could happen. More construction on the connector would make it impassable if they close lanes for that kind of development. The connector is the most dangerous freeway I have ever traveled. I have near misses once a week on my commutes to work and I work in an area that is against the normal Atlanta traffic flow

Eh.. I agree with you. The connector is the most dangerous freeway I traveled in too. I usually take 285 to avoid all of this.

[Finrod]

Personally I would like to see these ideas from interstate-dots.blogspot.com built:

http://interstate-dots.blogspot.com/2006/03/interstate-22-extension-phase-i.html
Extending I-22 from Birmingham through Columbus, Albany, Tifton, Waycross, to end at Brunswick.

http://interstate-dots.blogspot.com/2006/03/interstate-81-interstate-185-re.html
Cosign I-81 with I-40 and I-75 to Calhoun, then a new expressway from there through Rome and Carrolton and Newnan, then cosigned with I-85 to I-185 (which would become I-81), and extended through Dothan AL all the way to Apalachicola FL.

http://interstate-dots.blogspot.com/2006/03/interstate-30-extension-currently.html
I-30 from Memphis to Huntsville (his site has it going around Memphis but I doubt that could happen), through Rome, the North Atlanta burbs, and Athens, and connecting to I-20 west of Augusta, with possible continuation to Hilton Head or Charleston SC.

Those in combination with I-14/Fall Line Freeway would connect up the state so you don't have to go through Atlanta to get to places any more.

(EDIT: added Rome to the list of cities the I-81 extension would go to.)

[The Ghostbuster]

I highly doubt any of those will happen in the real world. They most likely will happen in Fictional Highways.

[Tomahawkin]

Thanks for bumping this post. IMO I think US 27 In west Georgia should be widened to 6 lanes from the Tennessee state line to Florida. This would help truck drivers as well as Summer traffic in Atlanta. Summer traffic in Atlanta on weekends has become a ####

[Aerobird]

http://interstate-dots.blogspot.com/2006/03/interstate-81-interstate-185-re.html
Cosign I-81 with I-40 and I-75 to Calhoun, then a new expressway from there through Rome and Carrolton and Newnan, then cosigned with I-85 to I-185 (which would become I-81), and extended through Dothan AL all the way to Apalachicola FL.

Wait, what? Who looked at a map and thought Apalachicola needed an Interstate? 

I hope they mis-read the map and were thinking Panama City (which does have a long-mooted and (unfortunatly) long-dead proposal to be linked to Dothan via freeway/Interstate/tollway/something), which is an entirely different sort of comprehension failure, but, really...

[Tomahawkin]

I would be in favor of a bypass of Atlanta for traffic headed to the Florida panhandle. It would get rid of some spring and summer break tourist traffic, especially on weekends