Deal Frustrated by Another Delay on 411 Connector
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Governor Nathan Deal says he has just learned of yet another delay in the long-planned Rome to Interstate-75 connector along Highway 411, and he is clearly not happy about the situation.
Deal says the federal government is holding up the plan. The reason is the Dobbins Mountain Mine in Bartow County. The governor says the federal government now has about the property’s potential eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places.
“It’s very disappointing to me that the federal government would, at one point in time, tell us that the route was OK and then come back and change their mind,” said Deal, “especially when the Georgia person who is responsible for the preservation of historic sites said that the mine did not deserve that categorization. “
Deal showed frustration, as he talked with reporters, saying, “It’s gonna cost us money, and it’s gonna cost us time.”
But Deal says he is determined that, even if state planners eventually have to alter the route, there will be a road that connects Rome to I-75.
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