441
59
75
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Rome 85 27
Athens 441
Atlanta
20
Madison Augusta
85
20
Griffin 1
129
Milledgeville
75
La Grange
Macon
301
185 19
16
Dublin
Swainsboro Oak Park
Columbus
Statesboro
341 441 16
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Dorchester
341
Cuthbert
75
Albany
84
Douglas Tifton
82
95
82
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Savannah
McRae Cordele
27
27 84
Moultrie
19 319
Waycross Brunswick 82
84
Bainbridge
Valdosta Thomasville
1 441
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Savannah, U.S. to Reap Benefits of Harbor Expansion By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Dredging on a long-awaited Georgia project that could earn the U.S. more than five times its investment may get underway full speed ahead as early as the end of this year. That’s the expectation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, though the final word belongs to the U.S. Congress. The Georgia Ports Authority has already begun its share of work on the Savannah Harbor expansion project, a deepening of the harbor that will allow super ships sailing through the see HARBOR page 2
The MSC vessel leaves the Garden City Terminal and passes through the city of Savannah on its way out (going past River St.).
The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers approved the project in October 2012 and the project has received strong bi-partisan support from the U.S. Congress, including an endorsement by U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden who said it must be accomplished, “come hell or high water.”
Cobb County Gears Up for Atlanta Braves Stadium By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Fifteen years ago when the members of the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CCID) set out on a plan to make multi-million dollar highway improvements, a new Atlanta Braves baseball stadium was probably not even a glimmer in someone’s eye. But in 2013 when the Braves chose Cobb County as the location for their new stadium, it was obvious all those long, long years of planning and persistence had paid off. “People keep asking, ‘Are you doing improvements because the Braves are coming,’
said Tad Leithead, chairman of the CCID. “I can only speak so far about the Braves. But the Braves are coming because we’re doing transportation improvements. Because those improvements are under way they will provide fantastic access.” The improvement project is actually two projects that started out as one, but was later split to better utilize available funding. The first is the $12.6 million replacement of a bridge on U.S. 41 over the Chattahoochee River. Construction on the bridge got underway in 2011 and is continuing today. The old bridge was not only too narrow, Leithead said, but dyssee BRAVES page 4
The improvement project is two projects that started out as one.