Q: I understand the toll on Ga. 400 will be removed toward the end of this year. What happens to the balance in my Peach Pass account? Can I get it back?
— E.R. Silva, Roswell
A: Peach Pass customers can request a refund, but the State Road and Tollway Authority is encouraging drivers to keep their accounts active "not only for potential use on the I-85 Express Lanes but also for future projects," spokeswoman Malika Reed Wilkins told Q&A on the News in an email. The new projects include the I-85 express lanes extension in Gwinnett, I-75 South reversible toll lanes in Henry and Clayton counties, and the Northwest Corridor toll lanes in Cobb and Cherokee counties. Wilkins said SRTA is working with other states that would allow Georgia drivers to use their Peach Pass accounts for toll roads in North Carolina and Florida, for example. "The money that is in the customer's account will never expire and no fees are ever deducted, so the balance will be there when they need it," Wilkins wrote. The toll on Ga. 400 is scheduled to end in November.
Q: Has President Barack Obama reconsidered giving the commencement speech at Morehouse in light of the recent alleged sexual assaults?
— David Manecke, Mableton
A: Obama is still planning to give the commencement speech at Morehouse on May 19, school officials have said. Four Morehouse students, including three members of the basketball team, have been arrested and charged in connection with two separate sexual assaults in the past two months.
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