Could a Democratic ‘ticket’ of Jason Carter for governor and Michelle Nunn for U.S. Senate actually get elected in Georgia thanks to — Bill Clinton? The former president is looking ahead to wife Hillary’s likely bid for the White House. Already he’s starting to distance himself, the missus, and a sure-to-grow faction of the Democratic Party from Obamacare and President Obama. That’s exactly what Carter and Nunn are going to have to do too, if they plan on being more than historical footnotes in 2014. Even now Clinton may unwittingly be doing their advance work. They need to chum up with him now, before such a move looks too self-serving. RISING
GDOT picks team for massive I-285 project
Highway contracting is big business, and we mean BIG. The Georgia Department of Transportation has come to a deal with Top End Mobility Group to build and maintain 19 miles of express lanes along I-285 in Atlanta, a project meant to alleviate congestion in coming decades. Top End will pay $8.9 billion in construction costs in exchange for 50 years of toll revenue from the project, along with a $23.6 billion concession fee. Those are some eye-popping numbers ahead of a massive project that isn’t expected to be completed until 2042. The staggering scale and complexity of the highway plan has GDOT and the winning bidders at Top End RISING…
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