Rail Projects Are Top Picks for Referendum List
The Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable will pursue several rail projects and extended funding for GRTA bus service.
Three billion down, three billion to go. The Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable on Aug. 4 reached roughly the halfway point in choosing which transportation projects to pursue during next July’s H.B. 277 or Transportation Investment Act referendum. The committee voted to include seven major transit projects totaling approximately $3 billion on the draft referendum list. According to a press release from the Atlanta Regional Commission, rail projects comprise the bulk of the seven projects identified so far. Those projects include: The committee must now identify roughly $3.1 billion in additional transportation projects for inclusion on the list. Bucky Johnson, chairman of the Roundtable Executive …
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