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3/27/08
U.S. News & World Report
Mass Transit Systems Have a Hard Time Paying the Bills
2/14/08
The Post and Courier
Comment sought on nuclear shipment
2/13/08
Knoxville News Sentinel
Congressman: Importing nuke waste would violate U.S. principles
2/11/08
Knoxville News Sentinel
Foreign waste in OR not new
Plant official says pending Italian contract would not differ from past work
Feb 08
National I-73/74 Association
Graham reaffirms Interstate 73 as top priority
1/21/08
Anderson Independent-Mail
I-3:
Highway to progress or ruin?
Environmentalists oppose proposed interstate route
1/16/08
Flagpole
Remember This One?
1/15/08,
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Corridor
K alternate proposal draws fire
1/15/08
Anderson Independent-Mail
Upstate
Forever opposes Interstate 3 study for South Carolina
1/15/08
CNN
Panel:
Increase gas tax to fix roadways
1/10/08
Aiken Standard
Latest
shipment of weapons grade plutonium arrives safely at SRS
1/9/08
Anderson Independent-Mail
Congressman
says interstate plan for north Georgia not economically
feasible
1/9/08
Smoky Mountain News
DOT
road hearings have potential for controversy
1/8/08
Athens Banner-Herald
Broun
seeks new route for proposed interstate
1/7/08
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Despite
route change, road could still impact Southern Appalachians, environmentalists
say
1/5/08
The
State
I-3
might go through S.C.
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February, 2008, Upstate Update, Number 91
Stop I-3 through South Carolina!
Upstate Forever's Board of Directors voted unanimously on January 15 to
oppose the study of a new interstate corridor (tentatively named I-3) which
would connect Savannah to Knoxville. The route originally proposed in 2004
would traverse Georgia's mountains. However, in response to the public
outcry against the project, Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia has indicated that he
will propose an amendment to the federal transportation bill that would
authorize a $1.3 million study of a route directly through Upstate South
Carolina instead.
The project is a bad idea for Georgia, and it's just as bad for South
Carolina for many reasons:
* There is already an existing and adequate route from Savannah to Knoxville
(Interstates 95, 26 and 40)
* The project would worsen air quality problems in the Upstate, where we are
barely in compliance with the federal ozone standard
* It would have tremendous adverse effects on the South Carolina Heritage
Corridor and our mountains
* It would encourage more sprawl
* It would benefit Georgia, mainly the Port of Savannah and Augusta, and
harm South Carolina
* The project violates the principle of taking care of what we already have
rather than building new roads
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