UPDATE: Tuesday, April 4, 10:30 a.m. Central: Georgia DOT in a press conference Tuesday morning laid out its reconstruction plan for the collapsed section of I-85 and gave an “aggressive but attainable” date of June 15 to have the interstate reopened.
Although through trucks are required to use I-285 to go around the city, car traffic is being diverted onto I-285 and other highways as a result of the collapse, causing backups and delays on those roadways.
Approximately 700 feet of the interstate will have to be reconstructed as a result of last week’s fire. According to an Atlanta Journal Constitution article Tuesday, GDOT says it will use contracting and other incentives to expedite the reconstruction process.
ICYMI – we have an aggressive but attainable plan to have I-85 rebuilt by June 15. Watch our status update here https://t.co/I22IACiXBe pic.twitter.com/d5u04gED7k
— Georgia DOT (@GADeptofTrans) April 4, 2017
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