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COMMISSION CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL $1.5 BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION SPENDING
A slate of recommendations from the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission will go to the General Assembly when it opens its 2021 session Monday. The state must pursue new sources of public and private funding to make the improvements needed to move an exploding volume of freight through Georgia efficiently, it said in a report…
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COMMISSION CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL $1.5 BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION SPENDING
ATLANTA — The state must pursue new sources of public and private funding to make the improvements needed to move an exploding volume of freight through Georgia efficiently, a state commission is recommending. A report released last week by the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission proposed that the General Assembly commit $1 billion to $1.5…
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Commission Calls for Additional $1.5 Billion in Transportation Spending
ATLANTA — The state must pursue new sources of public and private funding to make the improvements needed to move an exploding volume of freight through Georgia efficiently, a state commission is recommending. A report released last week by the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission proposed that the General Assembly commit $1 billion to $1.5…
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Commission Calls for Additional $1.5 Billion in Transportation Spending
ATLANTA — The state must pursue new sources of public and private funding to make the improvements needed to move an exploding volume of freight through Georgia efficiently, a state commission is recommending. A report released last week by the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission proposed that the General Assembly commit $1 billion to $1.5…
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GTA Announces Moving Georgia Forward Report
MACON, Ga. — The Georgia Transportation Alliance has announced its recent partnership with TRIP. TRIP is a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC. Their purpose is to examine road and bridge conditions, traffic safety, travel and population trends, congestion, and transportation funding needs in seven Georgia regions…
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Freight and Logistics Commission Discusses Freight Rail
(The Center Square) – Short-line railroad companies that help transport goods across Georgia called on state lawmakers Tuesday for more funding. Ben Tarbutton III, president of the Georgia Railroad Association (GRA), asked the Georgia Freight and Logistics Commission to double the state’s tax incentive and issue additional credits to short-line railroad companies. “Rail is a critical component…
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Majority Leader John Burns on F&LC
Friends, Georgia’s transportation infrastructure continues to be a focal point for those of us in the legislature, along with supporting the businesses connected to transportation, from car dealerships to freight and logistics companies. This year, we passed several pieces of legislation that involve transportation that will improve many Georgians’ lives and businesses. House Bill 808…
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Logistics = Jobs. Amazon bringing 3,000 more jobs to Atlanta
Amazon announced plans Monday to hire more than 4,000 workers in metro Atlanta, increasing its workforce in Georgia by nearly half, part of a rising tide of jobs among online, logistics and shipping companies. The local hiring spurt by the e-commerce giant — part of 100,000 new positions it plans to fill nationally — is a…
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Georgia Rail Traffic Jumps 30%
The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to exceed 4.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units for the first time in a calendar year. That level of trade would be a 14 percent increase over volumes moved through Savannah just three years ago, or an additional 550,000 TEUs. Over the same period, the Authority has increased…