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MDJ: Feds to finish funding of Akers Mill ramp

Washington, July 23, 2019
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.
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