Atlanta names head of resiliency, sustainability as Rockefeller Foundation shutters its aid

October 19, 2019, 12:48 pm/2 Comments

Atlanta has packed a lot into the stated goals of the city’s newly named chief sustainability officer – oversight of both resilience and sustainability. The appointment comes as the city’s main backer of its resiliency program, the Rockefeller Foundation, has all but eliminated its sponsorship of its worldwide, city-focused program.

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GDOT adds two years to I-285 projects, cuts time for truck project on I-75 South to Macon

October 10, 2019, 2:14 pm/0 Comments

The state’s new highway construction schedule in metro Atlanta adds two years to the overall completion date – now early 2032. It extends the timeline for toll lanes on westside and eastside I-285 by two to four years, and cuts the schedule by more than a year on a stretch of I-75 south to Macon that’s often ridden by tractor-trailer traffic.

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