Atlanta Toll Lane Project Gains Support From Cobb County

On Labor Day, Georgia’s Cobb County unexpectedly expressed help for a plan by the state Division of Transportation to increase Interstate 285 by including toll lanes from South Atlanta Highway to Henderson Highway. As Josh Inexperienced explains in Urbanize Atlanta, “The challenge would cross three counties (Cobb, Fulton, and DeKalb) and the jurisdictions of a number of cities (Smyrna, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Tucker).”

The article notes that “One other intent of the categorical lanes challenge, as GDOT has burdened from inception, is to offer mobility decisions (and extra dependable journey occasions) for metro Atlantans.” However the proposal, first revealed in 2019, doesn’t add any new rail traces. As an alternative, “public transit suppliers that already function buses and different automobiles within the hall—MARTA, Xpress, and ‘state-registered vanpools’—will be capable to use the brand new lanes at no cost, with no further prices to riders, in accordance with GDOT.” Pricing on the toll lanes will modify in actual time based mostly on visitors circumstances. GDOT estimates the toll lanes shall be accomplished in 2032.