For those who want to learn more about the proposed toll express lanes for Ga. 400 in North Fulton County, Alpharetta has created a web site with "Five Things You Need to Know" and links to Georgia Department of Transportation assets including a flyover video of the 17-mile-long project.
The project would add two lanes in each direction between the North Springs MARTA station and McFarland Parkway, and a single lane in each direction between McFarland and McGinnis Ferry.
The lanes, intended to provide more reliable trips in the Ga. 400 corridor, would offer "dynamic pricing," with tolls rising and falling depending on driver demand. They also would host Georgia's first bus rapid transit system. Information: https://bit.ly/2T8Xagz
Public information open houses, all 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., are Tuesday, March 5, at the Forsyth Conference Center, 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Cumming; Thursday, March 7 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Atlanta, 1075 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell; and Tuesday, March 12 at City Springs, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs.
According to a GDOT timeline, the agency will spend 2019 holding open houses and developing the concept; 2020, hosting public hearings on a preliminary design; 2021, beginning construction; and 2024, opening the new lanes to traffic.
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