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Work began on the Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) $141 million I-85 Widening, Phase 3 in August 2022 with the design-build team of E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and WSP USA Inc. They are on schedule to reach substantial completion by the end of 2024. The project will provide relief to motorists and commercial vehicles by widening I-85 from two to three lanes in
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
both directions from U.S. 129 to U.S. 441. The southern terminus picks up where the second phase of the widening of I85 ends. Four bridges within the project limits will be widened — two bridges on Ridgeway Church Road and two crossing the North Oconee River. “The project will create additional capacity for more reliable travel times; more efficient movement of freight; and enhanced mobility on I-85 in Jackson and Banks counties, a well-traveled corridor heading into and out of South
Carolina,” said Kyle Collins, a GDOT communications program manager. “The project sets the stage for the long-range plan to widen I-85 to the South Carolina state line and supports the development of technologies and workforce capabilities [and] complements other roadway and transportation improvements such as new roads, road repairs and bridge modernizations to spur statewide economic and community development.” see GDOT page 4
Construction Nearing Finish at $7.6B Hyundai EV Metaplant Near Savannah The Hyundai brand logo, a stylized H slanting to the right, is meant to symbolize forward motion. When it comes to the South Korean automaker’s electric vehicle (EV) assembly factory under construction near Savannah, Ga., the H logo might as well feature racing stripes. Company officials broke ground on the 16 million sq. ft. facility in October 2022 and are already on pace to begin rolling finished vehicles off the assembly line by this fall, roughly the two-year anniversary of the project’s start.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported July 22 that test production is already under way in the main plant as crews finish construction. Additionally, Hyundai has hired and is training its initial shift of assembly workers. With a stated goal of introducing 17 new electric vehicle models and manufacturing 1.44 million battery-powered cars annually by 2030, Hyundai’s sense of urgency in opening what it calls the “Metaplant” reflects the automaker’s view of “the future of mobility,” officials said. see HYUNDAI page 6
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Company officials broke ground on the 16 million sq. ft. facility in October 2022 and are already on pace to begin rolling finished vehicles off the assembly line by this fall, roughly the two-year anniversary of the project’s start.