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Lawmakers hear GDOT data as agency presses for $1.8 billion for South Metro express lanes
Summary
GDOT officials told the House Transportation Committee that worsening congestion and freight bottlenecks on the I‑75 South Metro Corridor underpin a request for roughly $1.8 billion in state investment and highlight a separate $7.5 million hangar funding pot in the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank application cycle.
State planning director Janine Miller told the House Transportation Committee that growing congestion and freight demand on the I‑75 South Metro Corridor justify new state investment and swift use of federal and state funding tools. She said the amended budget includes SIRTA payments that help support express-lane operations and that the state is accepting applications to the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank through February 13, including a $7.5 million allocation for airport hangars.
Miller cited private‑sector mobility data and GDOT’s travel‑demand modeling to sketch the scale of the problem. She…
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