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Posted On: August 2, 2011 by Ken Shigley

Truck-only lanes cut from metro Atlanta transportation plans

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Plans for truck-only lanes on metro Atlanta expressways are among the aspirations cut from the Atlanta Regional Commission's transportation long-range plans released this week.

The ailing economy and strapped government budgets led the ARC to ax or defer beyond my likely lifetime:

- optional toll lanes alongside I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties

- a component that would carry only tractor trailer trucks

- widening South Cobb Drive from Cobb Parkway to Atlanta Road, and from Atlanta Road to Bolton Road

- widening University Ave. from Metropolitan Parkway to the Downtown Connector

- new interchange at I-675 and and Cedar Grove Road

- mass transit line across northern I-285 from Cumberland to Perimeter Center

Ken Shigley is an Atlanta-based trucking accident trial attorney, and president of the State Bar of Georgia.

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