Word: Asphalt desert
December 11, 2007 at 5:30 am by Thomas Wheatley in Word/FoundHas metro Atlanta’s growth and development had any effect on the metro region’s water shortage? It depends who you ask.
“Absolutely not!â€
— State House Speaker Glenn Richardson’s response when CL Senior Editor John Sugg asked him on Nov. 18, “Do you think development has contributed to the water problems?â€
“In Atlanta, for example, the model shows that between 59.9 and 132.8 billion gallons of groundwater infiltration may have been lost in 1997 compared to 15 years earlier. That is enough water to supply the average daily household needs of between 1.5 and 3.6 million people per year.
— Page 8 from “Paving Our Way to Water Shortages,†a 2002 study by Smart Growth America, the Natural Resources Defense Council and American Rivers on the amount of groundwater lost because of development
December 11th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
12/11/07
Dear Atlanta,
Macon & Bbib County are fixing to waste $300 million of your State and Federal Tax Dollars building an unwanted, unneeded and monstrous 14 to 16 lane (Spaghetti Junction Junior) Interchange at I75 & I16.
http://www.i16i75.com/
The Public meeting is today, the online public input starts afterward.
http://www.macon.com/198/story/208541.html
Where are we going to get the water to make the concrete?
thanks for paying attention Thomas & CL,
Vic
December 11th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Maconions have officially Christned the I75-I16 Interchange as the:
“WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN I16-I75 INTERCHANGE”
The tallest of the three bridges spanning this Modern Day March to Savannah will be about 325 feet above Sea Level. What a view of the underbellies of 18 wheelers Bbib County will have.
When construction begins in 2012, we’re willing to wager our confederate dollars that the cost will rise from $300 million to $500 billion. The South may not rise again.