12/29/05
White County News-Telegraph
Stop I-3 partners with
green group: I-3 opponents can make tax-free donations
12/19/05
Athens Banner-Herald
I-3
opponents too late to fight for mountains
11/14/05
Newsweek
Once
Unique, Soon a Place Like Any Other
11/9/05
Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Commissioners:
“I’ve learned more, I’m not for (Interstate
3).”
11/04/05, Greenwire
Epic battle looms over
coast-to-mountains highway proposal
11/2/05
Creative Loafing
Road
Rage
10/27/05
The Gainesville Times
Critics:
New interstate a waste of funds
10/4/05
NPR's "Morning Edition"
Mountain
Interstate Plans Raise Alarm
10 or 11, 2005
The Cherokee Scout
Two editorials:
I-3 not right for our area
Don't get fooled by the rhetoric
9/14/05
Smoky Mountain News
I-3
planning process shrouded in ambiguity
9/12/05
AccessNorthGa.com
Stop
I-3 Coalition says Congress should use funds for Katrina relief
9/8/05
White County News-Telegraph
'Boondoggle'
9/7/05
St Petersburg Times
From
disaster to disgrace
9/6/05
WSB-TV, Channel 2
Partial transcript of interview
re Interstate 3
9/2/05
Savannah Morning News
Detour
highway bill
9/2/05
Towns County Sentinel
"STOP I-3" presented
to Rotarians
8/31/05
Georgia ForestWatch
Our back yards must get
bigger if the Stop I-3 fight is to succeed
8/29/05
The New York Times
Destroying
the National Parks
8/28/05
The Gainesville Times
I-3
should not be built just to carry nuclear materials
8/28/05
White County News-Telegraph
Interstate 3 opponents ask
why
8/26/05
White County News-Telegraph
Our
View
8/24/05
The Gainesville Times
Chambliss takes no stance
on mountain interstate
8/24/05
The Gainesville Times
I-3 opponents say politicians
invited to rally, but most didn't show
8/23/05
The Toccoa Record
Norwood
holds closed meeting
8/22/05
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Opposition
lines road to proposed interstates
8/12/05
The Northeast Georgian
Norwood says no I-3
route being considered
8/11/05
The Clayton Tribune
Norwood: Wait and see on I-3
8/10/05
Asheville Citizen-Times
Not
so fast on this whole I-3 thing
8/8/05
Asheville Citizen-Times
Interstate
3 study stirs WNC protest - Residents organize to fight road
plan
8/7/05
The Gainesville Times
Plans
for interstate again threaten our mountains' beauty
8/5/05
The Northeast Georgian
Highway bill to help fund Cornelia corridor
widening
8/5/05
The Knoxville News Sentinel
Williams:
Stand against destructive
I-3
8/4/05
White County News - Telegraph
White County Commission rejects
I-3 plan
7/31/05
Gwinnett Daily Post
New
interstate through the South has growing opposition
7/31/05
St. Petersburg Times
Interstate
is to mountains what drilling is to the gulf
7/30/05
WMAC-AM
Plan
For New SE Interstate Meetings With Opposition
7/29/05
Anderson Independent-Mail
I-3 study receives funding
boost
7/27/05
Chattooga Quarterly
Editorial
by Buzz Williams
7/27/05
Chattooga Quarterly
Interstate
3
7/24/05
Athens Banner-Herald
Reactions
mixed to proposed interstates
7/23/05
Anderson Independent-Mail
I-3 study on the way to President's
desk
7/14/05
The Clayton Tribune
Commissioners: No interstate
7/13 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mountains
no place for interstate
7/13/05
The Northeast Georgian
I-3: Just say 'no'
7/9/05
Rabun commissioners declare unanimous opposition to Interstate.
7/6/05
Smoky Mountain News
6/28/05
The Northeast Georgian
Stop I-3 Coalition encourages writing letters
to congressmen
6/24/05
The Northeast Georgian
Commission says 'no' to I-3
6/17/05
The Knoxville News Sentinel
Are we ready for another interstate?
6/3/05
The Northeast Georgian
Interstate 3 route study could begin soon
2/28/05
Virginia's New Economy
The Shape
of the Future: Interstate Crime
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7/23/05, Anderson Independent-Mail
Re-printed with
permission from Anderson
Independent-Mail, July 23, 2005
I-3 study on the way to President's desk
by Julia Sellers
A $400,000 feasibility study on Interstate 3 is one step
away from reaching President George W. Bush's desk.
The study is part of a bill proposed by Rep. Charlie Norwood,
R-Ga., currently in conference committee, to build Interstate
3, a direct route from Savannah to Knoxville, Tenn.
The U.S. Department of Transportation would be charged with
investigate routing, costs, benefits, environmental and archaeological
impact and economic development, said John White, a spokesman
with Rep. Norwood's office.
"Once we get those studies back, we turn those over
to state and county departments of transportation," Mr.
White said.
Local county officials already are familiarizing themselves
with possible interstate impact, even though the interstate
isn't yet a reality.
"There are many environmental hurdles that need to be
overcome, especially because of ... the mountainous typography,
where the environment is extremely sensitive," said Larry
Glasco, Habersham County economic development director.
Mr. Glasco said he hoped existing roads, such as U.S. 365,
would be upgraded to interstate standards.
Mr. Glasco said upgrading the hazardous road would improve
safety, keep construction out of Clarkesville or central Habersham
County and would be cheaper and quicker than alternatives.
Lyn Allen of the Franklin County Industrial Authority said
it was exciting to be considered part of the possible route
to Tennessee.
"At this point, I think it's kind of early for us to
be making any plans, but it is encouraging that Rep. Norwood
is moving forward," Ms. Allen said.
The possible interstate route would follow U.S. 17 but also
would cut through the area's mountains, creating opposition
from residents and organizations.
Advocacy group Stop I-3, started by residents in six counties
in northwestern Georgia last month, has quickly grown to include
Oconee County, S.C., counties in Tennessee and other Georgia
counties.
The coalition would like to know why a route through the
mountains is needed to reach Knoxville, Tenn.
Joe Gatins, a Rabun county resident and Stop I-3 member said,
the feeling in Rabun County was that U.S. 441 was "plenty
enough."
"To piggy back an interstate on top of that would widen
the right of way to 1,000 feet. Don't think that's necessary."
The coalition is planning a meeting with all involved parties
Aug. 23 in White County to discuss the problem of the interstate.
"Federal or state governments might make a move that
seems logical and we are learning how important it is to get
on board with people who will be impacted by a decision,"
Stop I-3 spokeswoman Elizabeth Wells said.
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