From the Marietta Daily Journal:
“Nearly one year after the opening of the state’s Northwest Corridor Express Lanes, Cobb leaders announced Tuesday the federal government would kick in the final $5 million to complete funding for a ramp connecting the lanes to Cumberland.
The approximately $44 million project will see construction of a ramp at Akers Mill Road onto the Georgia Department of Transportation’s $834 million managed lanes, which opened in September. With local, county and state partners previously funding or committing about $39 million toward the effort, the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $5 million via an Infrastructure For Rebuilding America grant.” READ MORE