Motorists who use Georgia 400 will be shifted into the three “cruise lanes” when toll collection ends on Nov. 21. The Georgia Department of Transportation has posted a rendering of how the traffic will shift (click photo above for larger image). GDOT officials announced Tuesday that Southeastern Site Development had been chosen to dismantle the toll plazas, a process that will take about a year.
The Nov. 21 date to end tolls was selected to lessen the impact on Thanksgiving holiday travel. In the case of inclement weather, the ending date will be moved to Nov. 22 or 23. Demolition work on the north and southbound toll plazas will take place after the winter holidays.
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Hmmmm, this rendering came out months ago. I’m really curious to see the rendering of what they’re going to do with all the excess land. Will they be able to sell it to private parties that can somehow build the land back up and add a few houses to the neighborhoods on each side someday?
Maybe they should just consider making GA-400 a 10-lane highway from I-85 to Alpharetta.
SB, we were unaware of the rendering’s existence until we received the announcement about the work to demolish the toll plaza’s being contracted out. Judging from our site traffic, most of our readers didn’t know there was a rendering either since it was buried on the toll authority’s website. We’ll also be interested to see what happens to GA 400 once the plaza’s come down, and will post as soon as we have any news. Thanks for reading.