$23M set aside for rail
by Ray Lightner
Sep 20, 2012 | 1779 views | 3 3 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There’s $23 million in federal transportation money earmarked for Spalding County.

The money’s been sitting there for 10 to 12 years, said Dick Morrow, a Griffin city commissioner and chairman of the Griffin Spalding Area Transportation Committee. Morrow said a meeting was called by Congressman Lynn Westmoreland to see if counties around Atlanta were willing to use their earmarked money to build a multimodal transportation hub in Atlanta.



(For the complete story, see the Friday, Sept. 21 print edition.)
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idontbelievethis
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September 25, 2012
It is the same one we just voted down. Sorry, I don't want to go to Atlanta. I would like to see local transportation - my daughter does not have a car and would like to go to town to look for a job. Atlanta? No thanks.
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NeedsAnExcuse
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September 24, 2012
This "earmarked" money needs to be spent on rebuilding the bridge near UGA.
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hushandlisten
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September 23, 2012
Hmm...I think we just SAID 'NO' to this didn't we?

Am I mistaken?

Is this is same rail that we just voted "DOWN"?

Just curious!
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