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New variable speed limits are to be put in place on the top end of I-285, including this location just west of the Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
New variable speed limits are to be put in place on the top end of I-285, including this location just west of the Chamblee Dunwoody Road.
By Tom Sabulis
Sept 29, 2014

On Sunday, north side motorists will discover a higher base speed limit and new variable speed limits on 36 miles of I-285 north of its two interchanges with I-20. The Georgia Department of Transportation says the modifications will help moderate driving speeds in times of tie-ups — slowing everyone down to (hopefully) speed up traffic flow. In our second column, I talk with a Fayette County official about his county’s plans to help test driverless vehicles, a new technology being studied by a state House committee.

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