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Looks like work will finally begin on the massive interchange rebuild....
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The Georgia Department of Transportation announced Thursday that demolition will begin Jan. 3 in the historically black neighborhood that was split when the interstate was built in the late 60s.
The project requires 17 homes to be removed.
The former home of Little Richard is expected to be moved and restored at the new Jefferson Long Park that will be built during the project on the west side of I-75.
State Rep. James Beverly, D-Macon, who chairs the Macon-Bibb Community Enhancement Authority, called the Pleasant Hill Mitigation Plan a great example of a local community partnering with a state agency.
“I am looking forward to working closely with GDOT and the Macon-Bibb County community at large to help this exciting project benefit the entire region,” Beverly stated in a news release.
The plan calls for a total of 24 homes to be affected.
Some will be relocated, others rehabilitated, and 17 to be built, the release stated.
The new homes will be designed to fit the atmosphere of the neighborhood.
A linear park with green space and a multi-use trail also is part of the project which will improve lighting along the busy highway.
On January the 3rd the state will begin demolition on homes in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood, to get ready for the the widening of I-75 and I-16 interchange. Twenty-four homes in the area will get affected. Seventeen of the homes will get demolished and seven of them will be move. The total cost of the I-75/I-16 widening is suppose to cost over $380 million dollars. By February 6th removal of the homes will be complete. https://interactive.tegna-media.com/...cure=yes#amp=1
This is good progress so the seventeen houses that they tear down will be built up on the other side of I-75. I already knew that seven homes would be moved. Residents in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood are being hired to help with this work. Peter Givens president with the Macon-Bibb Enhancement Authority says, "The Pleasant Hill community is the first ever community to be involved in a federal highway project." So money is being put in this area to revitalize the neighborhood. Clip Syndicate Video: Macon-Bibb Community Enhancement Authority brings jobs Macon's Pleasant Hill is going through changes | The Telegraph
This is great that the GDOT is making a full access interchange to I-16 on Second Street, because when the Second Street/Little Richard Penniman Boulevard work is officially done by this year end it will become the Downtown Connector. Which will provide a main artery to East and West Macon. Though the price of the I-75/I-16 interchange widening has almost double since first talk from $250 million to $380 million to now with an estimated $495 million to cover costs. Woah.
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