North Georgia Project: Could it be done? (Atlanta, Savannah: sales, 2013)

[Psykomonkee]

With water being such an important issue in North Georgia (Atlanta area), and the Army Corps of Engineers not budging on the Chattahoochee River usage, could Georgia take a page from Arizona's success with the (CAP) Central Arizona Project and create a northern state wide canal system to supply water to the Atlanta area from the Savannah and Oconee Rivers?

Maybe build a series of canals that run, starting from the Savannah River, running west to Atlanta. Then splitting into a series of canals around Atlanta area. Then running back together into a canal running back east to the Savannah River. That way, Atlanta gets to use the Savannah & Chattahoochee Rivers, while returning the water to the Savannah.

Doesn't have to be deep or broad, so it shouldn't cause much of a disturbance (especially being that the water will returned back to the Savannah. The effects should be minimized). The canals in Arizona aren't very deep at all & it does well.

Will also create a nice new feature to Atlanta. A water feature. And like Phoenix, the canal system can be a long series of running and biking trails as well as supply of water for the population. And can even be used for recreation in some areas where there can be canal/river boats.


For those not familiar with Arizona's CAP:


Central Arizona Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

System Map

SRP: Canal distance calculator


Just imagine the potential future look of parts of Atlanta & North Georgia:

[skbl17]

Can we use the Downtown Connector as one? Atlanta would get a river passing through downtown, and we could build a complex system of ferries to replace the freeway. It's a win-win (well, except for the commuters)!

(Disclaimer: this suggestion is not meant to be a serious proposal.)

- skbl17

[Caleb Longstreet]

Originally Posted by skbl17

Can we use the Downtown Connector as one? Atlanta would get a river passing through downtown, and we could build a complex system of ferries to replace the freeway. It's a win-win (well, except for the commuters)!

(Disclaimer: this suggestion is not meant to be a serious proposal.)

- skbl17

Don't forget the Casinos, Riverboats, Chunnel to Birmingham or the high-speed - no rail and half a dozen other no way in hell projects! The trolley car is a humorous example of people who don't realize where they are and who is running them....add a ferris wheel too....sure.....

[skbl17]

Originally Posted by Caleb Longstreet

Don't forget the Casinos, Riverboats, Chunnel to Birmingham or the high-speed - no rail and half a dozen other no way in hell projects! The trolley car is a humorous example of people who don't realize where they are and who is running them....add a ferris wheel too....sure.....

Well, at least we got the ferris wheel and a (stub) streetcar line! We're getting somewhere (of course, where that "somewhere" is, I don't know if I want to find out...)!

- skbl17

[Caleb Longstreet]

Good point...sooner or later someone will come up with the Pyramids of Atlanta concept too....humongo stadium and planted right in the ghetto...and yet, they couldn't hang on to the Braves.....noooooo, we have to build a new stadium what, every 20 years now? What will they come up with next?

How about limos to the West Side, more trolleys down the middle of very, busy and cramped roads...how about a log ride flume around downtown? I know, a merry-go round as a walk-around in the intersections of Peachtree and say Baker....won't that be nice???

How about some public swimming pools on top of the office buildings? How about highways with overpasses that just end.....or, instead of trolleys, just have those cheesy cars you ride on at an amusement park as you go through a creepy slow meandering ride in the dark...except here, we can finally put the thugs to work, you know, scaring people as they enjoy the ride of horrors....use this as the mass transit....turn Marta Rail into a thrill ride!!!!! With hills and twisties and sudden stops...have it go straight up in the air, do a loop....you know, it's as much about entertainment as common sense......I know, Underground Atlanta!!!! Let's try this just one more time!!! What, would this be like the 8th time now? Like a bad dream with no plan....ever see the movie, Idiocracy? Well, here we are....blowing oxygen into the ridiculous....

[ATLTJL]

Considering we can't get the right of way for rail service beyond where we already have it, I don't see much hope for carving a river.

But I totally love most of Caleb's ideas. I would seriously vote in a penny sales tax to fund a log flume ride around downtown, swimming pools on the tops of office buildings, and dark rides through the hood!

Of course, this is Atlanta. For more than 20 years, residents and visitors alike have been telling that by a huge margin, our most serious problems are panhandlers and traffic. Look at all the headway we've been able to make around those two issues!

[lem1985]

Some counties cant even work halfway together so that idea wouldnt grow legs

[arjay57]

I am okay with it but the cost should be borne by jurisdictions other than the COA. Our water bills are already too high.

[TravelingMat]

Never gonna happen pundits in both South Carolina and Georgia have been discussing this as a potential threat to the Savannah river valley for past 15 years, there's been legislation introduced in both states to prevent interbasin transfers of water such as this. Augusta Greenville & Savannah would definitely fight Atlanta on this 1.

[zihaogt]

Want!