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Who pays (and who doesn’t) on I-75, I-85 toll lanes?
On the new I-75 South Metro Express Lanes, everyone pays a toll except mass transit and emergency vehicles. JOHN SPINK/AJC The new I-75 South Metro Express Lanes are the latest phase in the state’s...
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Traffic builds during first week of I-75 toll lanes
The new I-75 South Metro Express Lanes were lightly used Monday Jan. 30. JOHN SPINK /JSPINK@AJC.COM Traffic on the new I-75 South Metro Express Lanes got off to a slow start but picked up during their...
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Ever break down on a Georgia highway? More help is on the way
Georgia today unveiled new safety and maintenance patrols to help stranded motorists and clean debris from interstate highways. The Coordinated Highway Assistance & Maintenance Program (CHAMP)...
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Atlanta road work: Places to avoid this weekend
Cobb County interstates remain the place to avoid this weekend as the Georgia Department of Transportation continues work on area highways. Here’s a look at this weekend’s road work. Cobb County...
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Refuse to pay highway tolls? Georgia may come for your tax refund
On the new I-75 South Metro Express Lanes, everyone pays a toll except mass transit and emergency vehicles. JOHN SPINK/AJC Georgia officials see toll lanes as the future of traffic management in the...
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Weekend road work in metro Atlanta: What you need to know
Traveling around metro Atlanta this weekend? Better check out this list of construction-related lane closures, courtesy of the Georgia Department of Transportation. Buford One southbound lane on I-85...
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I-75 express lanes pull a reverse for this weekend’s race at Atlanta Motor...
The new I-75 South Metro Express usually carry traffic into Atlanta in the morning and out of town in the afternoon. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL Since they opened in late January, the new I-75 South Metro...
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House committee kills provision that would have allowed Georgia to collect...
Senate Bill 183 would have allowed the state to collect highway tolls even after road projects are paid off. JOHN SPINK/AJC A House of Representatives committee Thursday stripped a bill of a provision...
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Metro Atlanta’s weekend road closures – Hint: there’s one big one
Thanks to the Georgia Department of Transportation’s decision to suspend construction-related lane closures over spring break, this week’s list of spots to avoid is mercifully short – except, of...
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Georgia project named one of nation’s worst “highway boondoggles”
While metro Atlantans will have to pay to use the interstate capacity planned for I-75, I-285 and Ga. 400, the proposed truck-only lanes on I-75 between Macon and Atlanta would be new capacity added at...
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Watch for road work in metro Atlanta this weekend
Planning to travel this weekend? The Georgia Department of Transportation reminds motorists that the summer road construction season has begun. Here’s a list of the work in metro Atlanta that could...
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I-75 South Metro Express Lanes surpass expectations
The I-75 South Metro Express Lanes opened Jan. 28. JOHN SPINK/AJC Motorists took more than 610,000 trips on the I-75 South Metro Express lanes in their first four months of operations, the State Road...
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Metro Atlanta road work could affect your weekend plans
School is just around the corner, and summer may be winding down. But the road construction season is still in full swing. Here’s a look at the metro Atlanta highway construction that could affect...
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School’s coming, and Atlanta traffic will get worse … or will it?
BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM If your office is like mine, people are already buzzing about how bad Atlanta traffic is going to be once school resumes – in some district that’s next week. They’re...
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I-75 truck lanes get a boost from Atlanta Regional Commission
A controversial plan to build trucks-only lanes on I-75 south of Atlanta took a small but significant step forward Thursday. The Atlanta Regional Commission’s Transportation and Air Quality Committee...
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Tell us: Are metro Atlanta express lanes making traffic better?
The I-75 South Metro Express Lanes in Clayton and Henry counties are just some of the new lanes coming to metro Atlanta over the next decade or more. JOHN SPINK /JSPINK@AJC.COM As The Atlanta...
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Georgia DOT: Why building free lanes won’t solve metro Atlanta’s traffic mess
The Northwest Corridor – under construction in Cobb and Cherokee counties – is part of a planned 120-mile system of metro Atlanta toll lanes. (Photo by Phil Skinner) As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
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Metro Atlanta commuters speak out on highway toll lanes
The I-75 South Metro Express Lanes in Clayton and Henry counties are just some of the new lanes coming to metro Atlanta over the next decade or more. JOHN SPINK /JSPINK@AJC.COM As The Atlanta...
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The biggest Atlanta traffic story of 2017? Duh
The I-85 bridge caught fire and collapsed March 30. (Channel 2 Action News) The year’s end is a time to take stock – to remember what happened and, sometimes, to marvel at what you endured. 2017 gave...
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The envelope please … This Atlanta highway interchange wins the award for...
Jason Getz/AJC It’s awards season, and Atlanta can justifiably boast about its ties to some of this year’s Oscar nominees. But the region has won at least one award that it probably won’t be bragging...
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