The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) has repealed the toll limits for the I-85 “hot lanes” in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties, plus all other toll lanes in Georgia including the soon to be completed northwest corridor toll lanes. Starting Monday morning, it will start costing commuters $16 to drive the entire length of the lanes during peak rush hour times. The minimum toll is also being raised from one cent per mile to ten cents per mile. The agency says by raising the tolls, it better ensures that people who want to pay to drive in the lanes can keep moving at at least 45 MPH, but some skeptics are calling it a blatant (and massive) cost hike. From our perspective, a sudden 1000% minimum toll increase has SRTA DRIFTING…
Dems find mess in CD-11
Georgia Democrats had a mess on their hands in the 11th Congressional District outside Atlanta after the party nominated Katy Stamper, later finding out she wasn’t a Democrat at all and had far-right political leanings. So they launched a write-in campaign promoting Tracey Verhoeven as the ‘real’ Dem in the race. It didn’t matter in the end as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk cruised to re-election, but Stamper still got 32% of the vote to just 3% for Verhoeven. A failed write-in campaign and a messy election in CD-11 has Democrats there SINKING…
