{"id":146693,"date":"2023-10-27T17:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=146693"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:22:25","slug":"glenridge-drive-will-open-fully-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=146693","title":{"rendered":"Glenridge Drive Will Open Fully on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Gist:<\/strong> The Georgia Department of Transportation will be opening two lanes on Glenridge Drive as part of the ongoing I-285 and Ga. 400 improvements project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Details: <\/strong>Associated nightly traffic impacts and closures begin tonight, October 27, at 9 p.m., for implementation. The full configuration is expected to be in place by Saturday, October 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> The project aims to alleviate traffic congestion in the area and improve overall mobility. The opening of Glenridge Drive to full capacity is a significant step forward in achieving these goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2753 <strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> Contractors are continuing work on the $1.6 billion project to improve the I-285 and Ga. 400 corridors. The Glenridge Drive lane openings are part of the larger project that includes the addition of general-purpose lanes, express toll lanes, and improvements to interchanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Between the Lines: <\/strong>The project&#8217;s extensive scope and phased implementation are evidence of the ongoing challenges of addressing Atlanta&#8217;s notorious traffic congestion issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc3 <strong>Catch Up Quick:<\/strong> Motorists are advised to plan alternate routes and allow extra travel time during the weekend construction period. Additional project information and updates are available at I-285 and Ga. 400 Improvements (arcgis.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gist: The Georgia Department of Transportation will be opening two lanes on Glenridge Drive as part of the ongoing I-285 and Ga. 400 improvements project. The Details: Associated nightly traffic impacts and closures begin tonight, October 27, at 9 p.m., for implementation. The full configuration is expected to be in place by Saturday, October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[8938,14435,8860],"class_list":["post-146693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-ga-400","tag-glenridge-drive","tag-i-285","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}