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TOLL ROADS DEBATE * USA - Should trucks on I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties be restricted to toll lanes?
The massive toll lane project proposed for trucks that use I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties is under attack from truckers and interest groups. They have notified the state Department of Transportation that they think the current plan is illegal and otherwise ill-advisedAtlanta,GA, USA -The Atlanta Journal Constitution -6 Sept 2007: -- ... A DOT spokeswoman called the comments "significant" but not unexpected in the development of such a big and groundbreaking project. Still, the quarrel may threaten the state's $4 billion, three-pronged project to combat congestion on interstates in Cobb and Cherokee counties with truck-only lanes, HOV lanes where solo drivers could drive for a fee and bus rapid transit. The opposition also presents potential trouble for DOT's larger plan to build a statewide system of truck lanes in congested freight corridors... Another critic of the Cobb/Cherokee plan — the Atlanta Regional Commission, metro Atlanta's planning agency — questioned why the report doesn't consider alternatives without truck lanes or without HOV lanes. The ARC said the report does not mention potential problems on surface streets from trucks avoiding the toll road. The trucking groups produced a traffic analysis claiming that a toll would drive truckers off I-75 onto Cobb Parkway... (Photo by Frank Niemeir/AJC - Rush hour traffic on I-85 and I-75 looking north at the Grady curve on Thursday afternoon January 25, 2007. The morning rush commute with a motivational seminar at Philips Arena combined with a major convention at the adjacent Georgia World Congress Center and normal morning rush hour hassles created an extraordinary bottleneck for drivers)
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