Metro Atlanta Developing 52 Miles of Express Lanes

The Georgia Express Lanes project will add managed traffic lanes to routes along I-85 and two separate stretches along I-75.

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June 18, 2015, 12:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


"In a new approach to road construction in Georgia, the state is adding 52 miles of managed lanes in metro Atlanta with the intention of using them to serve a growing number of transit buses filled with passengers," reports David Pendered.

"The state’s three major transportation agencies are working together to create a system [pdf] that is to help provide reliable trip times. The system is to serve commuters traveling from home in Atlanta’s suburbs to destinations mainly in downtown Atlanta, Midtown and the Perimeter business district," according to Pendered.

Construction is already underway, with delivery expected in 2017 and 2018.

Pendered quotes Darryl Van Meter, head of the Office of Innovative Delivery at the Georgia Department of Transportation, in the article. an Meter explains that the new express lanes added new lanes without removing any old traffic lanes. "Commuters were outraged a few years ago when the state converted free lanes to toll lanes along I-85 in Gwinnett County," reports Pendered.

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