Progress

Number Ten in a Ten Part Series

Progress Report Number One

You are viewing Interstate 75 in South Bibb County, Georgia. This image was taken from the approach to the Bridge which travels over I-75 and it is also a part of the SGT. KELLEY COURTNEY Interchange. This interchange was named as a Memorial to Sgt. Courtney who lost his life on October 30, 2006 while stationed with the U. S. Marines and on duty outside of Fallujah, Iraq.

All of the above pictures were taken as I, the Flower Child, prepared to publish my End of the Year Blog Entries for 2008. This is the Number One Progress Story for the entire region of Central Georgia. You did not hear much about this project while it was being designed or the early states of construction completed. Certainly, this project did not raise the level of concern that the famed I-16/I-75 Intersection in the City of Macon has for the past ten some years.

This project is Progress. One has to only consider what has been happening in South Bibb County and the Counties to the South. We have seen the Kumho Tire Plant Project, the Sara Lee Distribution Center and the potential for additional development in the future.

In Twiggs County and Houston County we have seen the Georgia DOT redesign several Interstate Exits/Entrances to facilitate recent development. The I-16 project that comes to mind is the enhanced Interstate Sixteen/Georgia Ninety-Six project to handle the Academy Sports Distribution Center Traffic. In Houston County we have all watched as the Richard Russell and the additional Interchange for the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Center being constructed and now achieving full operational status.

I do believe that industry looks for long term thinking local governments who wish to enhance the employment opportunities for their Citizens. The recent events I have listed in the two paragraphs above certainly bear witness to this fact.

Yet, those who govern in Macon, Georgia appear to be looking progress in the eye and denying any potential for future employment opportunities. What a shame!

Now you all know why that this Blog Entry is Progress Report Number One. I am confident that South Bibb County will see plenty of growth and positive development as a result of this I-75/I-475 Project which is also very near a True Heroes Interchange, The Sgt Kelley Courtney Memorial Interchange.