The Henry County Board of Commissioner voted at its May 19 regular meeting to approve a resolution authorizing staff to solicit engineering proposals for the proposed I-75 interchange at Bethlehem Road. The vote was 5-1 with Bruce Holmes in opposition.
Officials pointed out that the interchange, between McDonough and Locust Grove, is an approved SPLOST project and that a feasibility study has already been completed as well as an interchange justification report. There was much discussion about various aspects of the project, including the timeline and the level of state or federal involvement.
“Once phase one of the project is complete, GDOT and the Federal Highway Administration will be a part of the conversation,” said county manager Cheri Hobson-Matthews. “If we want to retain any federal dollars that may be allocated to the project, we have to do the design services as a professional service.”
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