Gov. Nathan Deal To Break Ground on Northwest Corridor Project

Staff Report

Gov. Nathan Deal, members of the State Transportation Board, the Georgia Department of Transportation and local leaders from Cobb and Cherokee counties will launch construction of the Northwest Corridor Georgia Express Lanes project tomorrow at 4 p.m., the governor’s office said in a press release.

The governor and those leaders will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the project at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 1200 Roswell Road in Marietta. The event will be held on the southwest quadrant of the Roswell Road/I-75 underpass at East Freys Gin Court.

The project would add managed lanes along Interstate 75 from Akers Mill Road to Hickory Grove Road in Cobb County and along Interstate 575 between its interchange with I-75 to Sixes Road in Cherokee County.

The more than $1-billion project, the largest transportation project in the state’s history, is expected to relieve congestion in both counties.

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