A $45 million project to build a new ramp connecting Akers Mill Road with the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes on Interstate 75 in Cobb County opens Friday.
Local and state dignitaries held a media event Wednesday that included a groundbreaking ceremony organized by the Cumberland Community Improvement District.
When the new ramp opens for the Friday afternoon commute, it will be the 12th access point for the Northwest lanes, which opened in 2018 and cover 29.7 mile between an area just north of Akers Mill and Hickory Grove Road in north Cobb, and along I-575 in Cobb to Sixes Road in Cherokee County.
“The ramp will serve southbound express lanes users as an exit in the mornings and northbound express lanes users as an entrance in the evenings,” the Cumberland CID said in a statement.
The CID estimates that the ramp will provide daily access to the Cumberland area to around 100,000 motorists, serving six Class-A office towers around the Galleria.
The Ramp will be 24-feet wide for the reversible lanes plus break-down shoulders and will widen to 50-feet at Akers Mill. It will include a barrier separated entrance to the northbound managed lanes,” according to a project description (more info).
Here’s how the funding breaks down:
- Cobb County SPLOST ($15 million)
- Atlanta Regional Commmission ($10 million)
- Cumberland CID ($6.3 million)
- U.S. Department of Transportation ($5 million)
- Georgia Department of Transportation ($4.4 million)
- Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority ($3.5 million)
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