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Monday, April 9, 2007

Proposal: City of Roswell to Fund Holcomb Bridge Improvements Using Tax Revenue

An earlier AJC article, Huge Roswell Project Faces Hurdles (click to view) said:

"Wood also says he won't vote for Roswell East unless the project is built in conjunction with a major overhaul of the interchange at Ga. 400 and Holcomb Bridge Road."

There had been some hopes expressed by supporters in the community that the developer would either fund these improvements needed for his project, or would be able to convince the Department of Transportation to cancel other projects in order to fund this project. At the moment however, those possibilities seem to have fallen through.

In this new AJC posting: Mayor Supports Tax District for Holcomb Bridge (click to view) , the Mayor is quoted:

"... with a $7 billion shortfall in state funding for transportation projects, I expect Roswell will have to make a substantial contribution to the cost of improving this interchange..."

Read the full article here: Mayor Supports Tax District for Holcomb Bridge (click to view) (free AJC registration may be required)