Monday, June 14, 2010

Next Governor Holds Reins On Transportation

By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
June 14, 2010

In a few years, thanks in part to Gov. Sonny Perdue, metro Atlantans could be seeing a transportation revolution, with speedy electronic HOV toll lanes on I-85 and $700 million or more devoted each year to projects in the region.

Or maybe an entirely different vision will be realized.

It depends a great deal on Perdue's successor.

Perdue has put his stamp on Georgia transportation in ways that may change life for millions of Georgians. But just as game-changing new transportation programs are gaining steam here, a new governor will take office and in many cases take on the power to advance, stymie or reinvent them.

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