How Gwinnett County is creating a win-win scenario for redevelopment projects
Gwinnett County, recognizing that redevelopment provides both economic and environmental advantages over greenfield development, is making development regulation changes to distinguish stormwater regulations between redevelopment and greenfield development.
Gwinnett County files notice of appeal on federal ruling
Gwinnett County filed a notice of appeal on a federal ruling earlier this year that would no longer allow most of metro-Atlanta use Lake Lanier for its drinking water, despite the fact that it is its primary potable water reservoir and has been for decades. That this is even an issue, despite the fact that ...read more
Georgia going after rail funds…
It seems the timing on my first infrastructure post was impeccable. GDOT announced on Thursday that it would seek federal funding for rail. It even cleared up my question, to a degree, on where the missing link from Louisville to Atlanta was. Well, President Obama’s plan has it missing, but apparently the various state DOTs ...read more
Part 1 – Atlanta Infrastructure – Where we are and where we need to go
Metro-Atlanta was not geographically located very well for the now 5.7+ million inhabitants that call it home. First, the only major water source is the Chattahoochee River, a very small river by drainage basin standards, especially where it feeds metro-Atlanta’s primary drinking source – Lake Lanier. The topography is extreme for a large city – ...read more
Moving forward on infrastructure
America’s infrastructure is in desperate need of attention and if there is indeed one area where government serves the people – all the people – it’s in the responsibility of providing safe, reliable and environmentally sound infrastructure. Unfortunately, it has almost failed in that duty. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, our infrastructure ...read more
Time for Georgia's "Balancing Law" to hit the highway
As with many things that government does, laws with good intentions often have very bad consequences. Such was the case of Georgia’s “Balancing Law” – the law which requires that equal amounts of Georgia Department of Transportation’s budget be spent equally among the states 13 congressional districts. Taking a look at Georgia’s congressional district map, ...read more
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