The Southern Highland Reader

REGIONAL–Drive to Atlanta much? Me either, anymore.

But the one constant in that two-and-a-half jaunt is change, and that change isn’t going away anytime soon.

The Georgia Department of Transportation recently told an open house crowd of some 250 people at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School about its plans to widen US 441 to four lanes from Clayton to the North Carolina line, south of Franklin. It’s a 7.5 mile stretch, and the road work will cost about $110 million.

The route is a major connector between the Atlanta area and the Smokies.

Here’s an excerpt from a story in the Highlands Highlander:

The plans include creating a four-lane highway to the North Carolina state line with a 20-foot raised median. Pope said the original plans included a 20-foot raised median through Dillard, but that has been changed to a 6-foot median. She added that the goal was to “minimize the impact on businesses.”

Here’s the whole piece.

Tags: Franklin, Georgia, Highlands Highlander, Roads, Transportation

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