Comments on: Oxendine Wants “Greener” Roads

By: CB

CB — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:06:30 +0000

I had a friend once who made the statement “there’s not a convenient way to commute from Smyrna to Marietta”. My response was “why should there be”? If you live in Smyrna and work in Marietta, that’s your issue. But don’t make it my issue to make life more convenient for you because of you choices. Either get a job closer to home or move to where your job is. I realize that’s an oversimplification but that’s reality.

In the same vein, regarding this comment “if you are a carpet manufacturer in Dalton and wish to ship products to the port of Savannah, you need to travel through I-285″, I would suggest that perhaps you should have your factory closer to Savannah ports. Particularly, if that’s your main method of distribution.

By: AMB

AMB — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:28:53 +0000

If you want to ship products around Georgia to its ports. there are these newfangled inventions called locomotives. Most cargo leaving and coming to Georgia is containerized-perfect for all those choo choos.

By: Chris Billingsley

Chris Billingsley — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:08:11 +0000

Sorry about the late post.
I do not claim to speak for the Oxendine campaign, although I am a supporter. Nor am I an expert on his transportation policy. But I do understand this. Not all north-south, east-west traffic need come through Atlanta. Right now, if you are a carpet manufacturer in Dalton and wish to ship products to the port of Savannah, you need to travel through I-285. The same thing is true if you want to ship goods from Savannah to Birmingham. We need to have a better way to travel throughout the state without going through Atlanta. I think Commissioner Oxendine, as governor, will help develop a transportation plan with the General Assembly that will take traffic off of I-285. He might be suggesting that a “green I-285” is one that allows traffic to move as quickly and safely as possible with fewer vehicles from outside the metro area. Now that my son is a student at Georgia Perimeter/Dunwoody campus, and I must pick him up everyday around 6:00, I understand the necessity to reduce the volume of traffic on 285. The commissioner has several good ideas on transportation to help solve Atlanta’s traffic problems and can work with the legislature, rather than against it, to implement them.
I did not read the commissioner’s comments about Inman Park as insulting. He is, after all, the only candidate who grew up in DeKalb County. In my opinion, he understands the problems of our area better than any other candidate.
Chris Billingsley
Born, raised, and still proud to live in the City of Decatur

PS- Mr. DecaturMetro Guy, Please print my name with the post.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:45:23 +0000

Governor Barnes had his own problems with road building – remember the Northern Arc?

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:18:27 +0000

me, three!