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re: Major change coming to 75/85 Connector in downtown Atlanta (Overcapping Highway)
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:52 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:52 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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It almost seems like A Battery(where the Braves play) but on a much larger scale.
Do you mean in cost? In size, The Battery is 54 acres not including Truist Park and this project is only 14 acres.
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Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:02 pm to FLTech
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Despite its name, the Connector cuts our city center into two, separating Atlantans from essential opportunities and each other… Now is the time for change.”
So dumb. It literally connects 75 and 85 together. The. It connects with 20 right after a big curve (Grady Curve) in the middle of downtown with shitty on and off ramps. It’s truly a brilliant design /s. And I’m sure these morons will nail this grand utopian vision to make it even worse.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:06 pm to Basura Blanco
True It is smaller. I can't read. 
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:07 pm to East Coast Band
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The Big Dig in Boston sort of looks good doesn't it?
But, shite it cost way way more than they ever anticipated
While a project like the proposed one in Atlanta will no doubt be more expensive than planned, the Big Dig had a lot of work around and under the harbor that was crazy expensive. This Atlanta project has no such issue.
This is a good thing for Atlanta.
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:44 pm to FLTech
What a waste of money
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:50 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Ambitious to say the least but I don't have a problem w/this, it might be a prototype for other cities if we can pull this off.
I’m sure you don’t since the money for this boondoggle is coming from our hard earned federal tax dollars—and trillions of borrowed debt. It’s a clear waste of precious public funds.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 6/1/23 at 11:53 pm to FLTech
There is a narrative to any developments project in any city that is bullshite.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 4:45 am to FLTech
This is a tremendous waste of money. They should spend that money trying to fix current traffic problems. This is “community planning” bs and I’m sure there will be homeless set up on this thing within a day after construction.
This post was edited on 6/2/23 at 4:57 am
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:14 am to Riverside
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I’m sure you don’t since the money for this boondoggle is coming from our hard earned federal tax dollars—and trillions of borrowed debt.
People don’t care. That’s why crooked politicians keep raising the dept limit. They can always count on an ignorant majority.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:17 am to Gifman
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They should spend that money trying to fix current traffic problems.
Liked widening roads that’ll just fill up in 3 years?
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:19 am to FlyDownTheField83
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does anyone remember a few years ago when a section of 85/75 was so damaged by a fire underneath that it fell in…
Because GDOT was stupid enough to store HDPE conduit under the freeway and didn’t keep out homeless crackheads from taking up residence down there?
This post was edited on 6/2/23 at 6:20 am
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:32 am to Wally Sparks
And now the collective intelligence of the GDOT has improved so they will not make another mistake like this…….?
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:39 am to FLTech
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Atlanta
Should be part of Alabama.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:41 am to FLTech
Why is the federal government taking on the brunt of the cost for what should be a local project. Maybe even a state project?
I know that its connection to a Federal Highway is the justification for the move, but I think we know that this is another avenue to buy influence and buy votes.
I know that its connection to a Federal Highway is the justification for the move, but I think we know that this is another avenue to buy influence and buy votes.
This post was edited on 6/2/23 at 7:38 am
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:44 am to FLTech
So this is similar to the project in Boston that sent the highway underground, right?
It’s a good idea for making the city walkable and friendlier to communities. However, Atlanta needs to address its overall highway infrastructure first IMO. Traffic there is horrendous, and I don’t see how this project will alleviate that at all.
It’s a good idea for making the city walkable and friendlier to communities. However, Atlanta needs to address its overall highway infrastructure first IMO. Traffic there is horrendous, and I don’t see how this project will alleviate that at all.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:44 am to FlyDownTheField83
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And now the collective intelligence of the GDOT has improved so they will not make another mistake like this…….?
How is it a mistake?
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:44 am to StringedInstruments
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It’s a good idea for making the city walkable and friendlier to communities. However, Atlanta needs to address its overall highway infrastructure first IMO. Traffic there is horrendous, and I don’t see how this project will alleviate that at all.
It won’t, because that’s not the point.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:54 am to Wally Sparks
So the point is to just waste hard-earned tax dollars on a stupid idea that won’t improve traffic?
Do you have any conception of how much some of us on here actually pay in FIT? It’s demoralizing to see it wasted on garbage like this.
Do you have any conception of how much some of us on here actually pay in FIT? It’s demoralizing to see it wasted on garbage like this.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 7:15 am to Riverside
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So the point is to just waste hard-earned tax dollars on a stupid idea that won’t improve traffic?
The idea of closing an 150-yard wide gap isn’t stupid, though I would’ve opted for a simpler cap with no buildings directly over the Connector.
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Do you have any conception of how much some of us on here actually pay in FIT? It’s demoralizing to see it wasted on garbage like this.
I do, and it’s more demoralizing to see politicians blow federal tax dollars on garbage like (and not limited to) the war in Ukraine, DEI subsidies, and the Department of Education.
Posted on 6/2/23 at 7:16 am to FLTech
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Atlanta has the most Green Space out of any major city in the United States... so they want to waste billions of dollars to create more Green Space that the city doesn't really need?
If you’re referring to parks, the city of Atlanta is in the middle of the pack. I’d rather have a new linear park than a massive open-cut freeway in the center of a city.
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