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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 29, 2005
Isakson Announces $92
Million in Highway and Transit Funds for Atlanta
Area
Isakson Played Key Role in
Drafting Highway Bill As Member of Conference
Committee
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today
announced that he has secured $92 million in funding
for the Atlanta area as part of the national highway
funding bill. Isakson has secured over $211 million
for the entire state of Georgia.
A conference
committee report on the Highway Bill passed the
Senate today and now goes to President Bush for his
signature. It also passed the House today.
“Infrastructure is our state’s single greatest
need,” Isakson said.
“This legislation is
critical to the state of Georgia, because it will
provide our state with the tools necessary to
improve and expand its surface transportation
infrastructure to meet the demands of a growing
population .”
Isakson was
selected by Senate leadership in May to participate
in the committee that crafted a compromise on the
bill. Isakson also serves on the Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, which has jurisdiction
over highways. As a member of the House of
Representatives, Isakson served on the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which
also had jurisdiction over highways.
The bill includes
$10 million for the state of Georgia for
transportation improvements associated with capacity
increases at statewide military installations as
well as $9.1 million for buses and bus facilities.
The Southeastern Economic Alliance for Next
Generation High Speed Rail will receive $2 million,
and the Georgia Ports Authority will receive $5
million for the Freight Intermodal Distribution
Pilot Grant Program.
The bill also
includes the following funds for the Atlanta area:
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$9.7 million for
Highway 78 corridor improvement Gwinnett County;
- $18 million for
the I-285 interchange at Atlanta Road in Cobb
County;
- $15 million for
MARTA clean fuel buses;
- $2.5 million for
widening and reconstruction of Queens Road in Cobb
County;
- $5 million for
widening Cedarcrest Road from Paulding County to
Governor's Towne;
- $800,000 for
sidewalk and streetscape improvements in the City
of Duluth;$3 million for East Hiram Parkway, from
SR 92 to US 278, Paulding County new location;
- $1 million for
I-575 from I-75 in Cobb County north to Sixes Road
in Cherokee County for HOV;
- $1 million for
upgrades to SR 316 from I-85 to SR 10 Loop
including new interchanges and HOV lanes in
Gwinnett, Barrow and Oconee counties;
- $2 million to
reconstruct the interchange at I-285 and I-20
West;
- $4.5 million for
widening Johnson Ferry Road and Glenridge Drive
from Abernathy Road to Hammond Drive in Fulton
County;
- $1.5 million for
truck lanes and passing lanes in Forsyth County on
SR 369 from Cherokee Circle to CR 267/Hightower
Circle;
- $1.9 million for
widening SR 369 from SR 9 to SR 306 and
interchange at SR 400 in Forsyth County;
- $1.6 million for
widening SR 20 from CR 293 to CS 5231 in Forsyth
County;
- $2.2 million for
SR 306 at CR 65/Waldrip Road in Forsyth County;
- $4.6 million to
construct access roads on Airport Loop Road in
Hapeville;
- $3 million for
land acquisition in carrying outviewshed
protection and wildlife abatement at Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park;
- $6.6 million for
reconstruction of the I-75 and Windy Hill Road
interchange in Cobb County;
- $1.6 million for
intermodal passenger facility improvements in
Atlanta;
- $836,000 for an
automated Smart-Card fare collection system for
MARTA;
- $836,000 for
Cobb County to implement Smart-Card technology and
bus facility improvements;
- $3 million for
interchange capacity improvements at I-285 and
Ashford-Dunwoody Road; and
- $4.7 million for
widening SR 85 from Adams Drive to I-75 and
reconstructing the Forest Parkway interchange.
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