Politics & Government
2 South Cobb Projects Make Final List of Regional Transportation Improvements
The Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable approved a final list of $6.14 billion transportation projects to be completed over the next decade. Metro Atlanta voters will decide in July if they want to pay a special one-cent sales tax to fund the proje
Two South Cobb projects made the $6.14 billion final list of regional transportation projects, which was approved on Thursday by the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable.
A corridor improvement project, with a price tag of $16.5 million, to the River Road area of Mableton is included in the final transportation projects list. River View Road is also Also, the of Austell’s Thornton Road to the Paulding County line, with a total estimated cost of $43 million, also made the final cut of transportation projects.
The much-debated $856 million Cumberland-to-Midtown light rail was cut from the final draft of transportation projects.
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The projects will be completed over the course of the next 10 years and residents in the Atlanta region will have a chance to v
Several Metro Atlanta residents weighed in with their comments about the proposed transportation projects and one-cent special sales tax to fund them.
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Click here for an interactive map of proposed transportation projects and more information about the Transportation Investment Act.
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