Do you think I-20 can handle the extreme growth? (Atlanta: 2015, hotels)

[nortonguy]

Do you think I-20 is being overdeveloped at once? With the construction on the widening, spaghetti junction, rentention loops, new exits, half diamond, and new overpasses. Along with projects like doctor's hospital new building, knology, highland ridge, wheeler office park, WTP, ADP, hotels on washington/claussen etc. Being built off near the interstate. Or is I-20 fine like it is. Or does the interstate need more construction in your opinion. I didn't named any of the projects being built in Aiken, Mcduffie, and Columbia county off I-20. I didn't name village at riverwatch either. Even though its on I-20 and in richmond county. Because it doesn't haven't construction going on like the other's I named above.

[lolo2]

I live in North Augusta. When I ride down I-20 I see more than enough construction. Palmetto pkwy 520 on sc side is still being constructed on. It will connect with 20 in Aiken county. The interstate construction in the city is very dangerous. Augusta isn't big enough for all this at once. Look at gadot website. List of major projects going on in georgia. There are 8-10 of them. All in metro Atlanta except for one. One of them is in metro Augusta. At the 20/520 interchange in richmond county. Was Augusta traffic so bad that it needed a 200 million dollar interchange system. If you add the cost of the widening, the walton way overpass that was built, and the new exits, half diamond, retention loops. That cost will be close to 300 million. The palmetto pkwy is only costing 220 or 230 million. And its all brand new miles of interstate.

[harrat]

Originally Posted by lolo2

I live in North Augusta. When I ride down I-20 I see more than enough construction. Palmetto pkwy 520 on sc side is still being constructed on. It will connect with 20 in Aiken county. The interstate construction in the city is very dangerous. Augusta isn't big enough for all this at once. Look at gadot website. List of major projects going on in georgia. There are 8-10 of them. All in metro Atlanta except for one. One of them is in metro Augusta. At the 20/520 interchange in richmond county. Was Augusta traffic so bad that it needed a 200 million dollar interchange system. If you add the cost of the widening, the walton way overpass that was built, and the new exits, half diamond, retention loops. That cost will be close to 300 million. The palmetto pkwy is only costing 220 or 230 million. And its all brand new miles of interstate.

Why not be happy the only major projects are in ATL -AUG. Macon I-75/I-16 similar to I-20/520 in Augusta. Got push backed into 2015- 2016. Dot doesn't have alot of money. So be happy they chose Augusta. And recognized its growing. Same thing with the downtown connector dot is building in downtown Augusta. The St. sebastian way flyover. Be happy they chose to spend 40 million in our downtown.

[nortonguy]

Actually it got pushed back to 2018. 320 million to build it in Macon. Augusta's will be completed next year. So i don't know why they push it back so far.

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[NewtownMacon]

Originally Posted by nortonguy

Actually it got pushed back to 2018. 320 million to build it in Macon. Augusta's will be completed next year. So i don't know why they push it back so far.

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Maybe because they are currently reconstructing I-75/475 interchange which be completed soon and three-year renovation of the stretch of Interstate 75 from Pierce Avenue to Arkwright Road widening I-75 to 6 lanes reconstructing exits and bridges which starts in august.
Pierce to Arkwright exits to get huge, 3-year renovation - Local & State - Macon
Group plans challenge over I-75 project along Riverside Drive in Macon - Local & State - Macon (http://www.macon.com/198/story/651474.html - broken link)

[judgeme]

Any big growth in downtown Im all for. Saint sebastian is a friend of mine.

[fammaf]

I-20 is a interstate. Why wouldn't it be able to handle growth? Dot is 20% ahead of schedule. The developer behind the Augusta forum. Can't start construction until the widening is done. Gdot built the walton way overpass and on/off ramps for walton way ext. Then close the on ramp a couple of months later. The widening will be done in September 2009. The interchange July 2010.

[burr]

When you get right down to it, the I20 work is basically straightening out (at todays' standards) a really bad engineering day in the original design intersecting I520, and taking out a dip (another design flaw) that actually puddled water on the surface of I20. Walton Way exit (is that Walton Way ?) was thrown in for commerce.

Augusta is not really growing like the title might suggest, IMHO.

While into these corrections, i suppose they mighta added a lane from the parkway to I520.

[lilmusket]

Originally Posted by burr

When you get right down to it, the I20 work is basically straightening out (at todays' standards) a really bad engineering day in the original design intersecting I520, and taking out a dip (another design flaw) that actually puddled water on the surface of I20. Walton Way exit (is that Walton Way ?) was thrown in for commerce.

Augusta is not really growing like the title might suggest, IMHO.

While into these corrections, i suppose they mighta added a lane from the parkway to I520.

I tend to agree with what you are saying. You cannot exatrapolate too much from road construction as and indication that a city is seeing a growth explosion. I would say that growth has been pretty steady and stable. I don't see any sudden, huge growth spurt in Augusta in regards to commerce and population. If you look over the years, Augusta has always been getting new restaurants, new shopping centers, etc. What has changed is that finally the roads are beginning to catch up with the last 25 years of growth.