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Overhead view of the recently-constructed Interstate 85 Express Lanes Extension project, which was designed to improve mobility and provide more reliable trip times throughout metro Atlanta.
By Mary Yamin-Garone CEG CORRESPONDENT
Did you know that Atlanta’s metropolitan area is the third largest and fastest growing in the country? And not only that, its growth rate is consistently in the top five? Now that you do, what does all of that mean? Improving the city’s infrastructure is a necessity. Atlantans know the discomfort of a daily commute. Whether they live up the street or near the highway, most motorists have to deal with the agony of gridlocked traffic several times a week.
This summer, steps were taken to reduce Atlanta’s infamous traffic congestion due to the Transform 285/400 Improvement Project and the Georgia Department of Transportation Major Mobility Investment Program. They’re also joined by the Atlanta Beltline Project, the Bellwood Quarry Reservoir and Green Space Project and the $6 billion overhaul of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, otherwise known as the ATL Next Project. “Growth is the primary challenge for Atlanta,” said Jeremy Howard, vice president and general manager of Ready Mix USA-Atlanta (a CEMEX USA company). “Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. and
the growth is expanding the greater metropolitan in all directions, especially to the north and west of the city. That growth is outpacing the infrastructure improvement efforts.” It wasn’t always that way. In the late 2000s, Atlanta suffered three years of job losses. The city also was hit relatively hard by the economic downturn during the same time, but experienced a strong recovery that began in 2011. The Housing Market (HM) lost an average of 61,400 jobs each year from 2008 through 2010. From 2011 through 2015, however, the HM added an average of 61,900 jobs every year. see ATLANTA page 8