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DOT planning director presents data urging I‑75 South express‑lane expansion to ease freight bottleneck
Summary
Janine Miller of DOT planning told the joint Appropriations meeting that I‑75 South carries about 5 million trips with an 84% growth since opening and that roughly 100,000 daily travelers cannot access the express lane; she and the commissioner linked the congestion to freight delays and economic cost estimates.
Janine Miller, the department’s planning director, presented congestion and usage data to the Joint Subcommittee on Transportation Appropriations and argued that the I‑75 South corridor’s current configuration constrains freight and commuter mobility.
Miller told the committee the I‑75 South corridor saw about 5 million trips in the most recent reporting period and has experienced roughly 84% growth in trips since fiscal 2018, when the corridor opened. "People sitting in Atlanta traffic…
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