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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Cobb DOT Chief Backs Transit

At Tuesday's TSPLOST hearing, Faye DiMassimo said that "100 percent of Cobb County will benefit" from the proposed Cumberland light-rail station.

Cobb County residents are telling the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable how they feel about a package of road improvements to be funded by a regional penny sales tax referendum on the ballot next summer. Marietta Patch editor Melissa Kory was at the meeting Tuesday night at the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room in the Cobb County government building, 100 Cherokee St. Here is her live blog plus additional coverage of the meeting. 5 p.m.: Cobb County residents have the next half-hour to view project maps, take a survey and talk with transportation staff. At 5:30 p.m., a question and answer session will begin. 5:10 p.m.: Approximately 120 people here so far including Cobb County Department of Transportation, Georgia Department of …

Joe Seconder

4:35 pm on Friday, September 23, 2011

That night I was one of seven random people chosen to speak for two minutes at the end. Had I had four minutes to speak, here's what I would have said: http://www.bicyclingjoe.com/2011/09/comments-from-cobbs-transportation.html   more ›

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Cobb to Dial Up on Transportation Issues

Countywide conference call next week invites citizens to discuss long-term projects and needs.

More than 170,000 Cobb County residents will find Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee and Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mathews on the end of the line during a Tuesday night phone call discussing possible transportation projects for the area, including a regional light rail system. Cobb residents will be called at random on June 14 through an automated system to participate in the one-hour forum, which starts at 7:15 p.m., according to a release from the Atlanta Regional Commission. Participants who stay on the line will be able to ask questions and share input with Lee and Mathews about their transportation wants and needs and projects that could be funded if a penny sales tax referendum passes next summer. The regional sales tax – or TSPLOST – stems …

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