Rubber is meeting the road over RTP Metro Atlanta's government and business leaders are beginning the hard work of figuring out how to implement the Atlanta Regional Commission's 25-year Regional Transportation Plan, which will ostensibly keep the region in compliance with federal environmental regulations so that federal transportation funds keep flowing to us.
Some counties have adequate financial resources, but others are facing big financial burdens.
Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor discussed how funding shortages for needed road projects will affect the economic health of Atlanta and the state as a whole, as well our ability to compete with other states. Taking a stance sure to draw fire from environmental groups, Ratajczak argued that we need to rebuild and redesign roads. I don't want to spend that much time in a car. He noted that Baltimore's growth stopped in the 1970s and that Los Angeles became gridlocked. At some point, congestion chokes things off.