Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has announced a bi-partisan partnership to improve traffic conditions at Interstate-285 at Georgia 400 in Atlanta, which is considered one of the largest employment hubs in the state.
The project is expected to create both short-term constuction and long-term permanent jobs.
“This project provides important economic and quality of life benefits,” Deal told the Dunwood Crier. “It improves the movement of people and goods across and within the state, expands Georgia’s role as a major logistics hub for global commerce and assists in creating jobs and growing businesses. Due to limited resources, this model of partnership gives us the tools we need to facilitate major transportation projects.”
Meanwhile, a new study out of Virginia has found that the state’s new transportation funding plan could support more than 13,000 jobs a year.
Virginia Business reports that the study from Chmurea Economics and Analytics also noted that transportation projects across the state could have an economic impact of $9.5 billion over the next six years.
The plan, which is expected to create $3.4 billion in statewide transportation funding, will also support an additional 2,925 jobs a year in new transit and rail construction.
Governor Bob McDonnell signed the overall bill earlier this month, which creates the first sustained revenues for transportation projects in 27 years.