On Wednesday Governor Brian Kemp addressed the final Eggs and Issues event of his administration. The speech focused on priorities including infrastructure, energy, workforce, and affordability.
"While many politicians are all of a sudden talking about affordability, here in Georgia, we've been actually doing something about it long before it was a useful talking point" according to Kemp. "We've repeatedly cut taxes, provided a homestead tax exemption and multiple tax rebates, and suspended the state gas tax in times of the highest inflation that we've ever seen in our country or during terrible natural disasters. All told, we have returned over $9.7 billion dollar to the taxpayers."
One of the largest expenditures is a $1.8 billion investment to increase roadway capacity along one of the state’s most congested corridors, I75 South in Henry County. Athens area drivers will also see improvements as a result of the governor allotting $200 million for highway 316.
"Today, I'm also announcing an additional $200 million investment to continue the improvements already underway along Georgia 316, known as the University Parkway. With incredible growth all along this state route from Gwinnett County to Athens, we know how great the need is to turn this state route into a true safe expressway. It shouldn't take you a full afternoon to get from Athens to Atlanta or vice versa."
The funding will continue ongoing upgrades of intersections, interchanges, overpasses, and other safer connections.
