Habitat's 200th Home

The North Central Georgia chapter of Habitat for Humanity recently completed its 200th home, 16 of which have been in Forsyth county over the past five years.

The ultimate goal of Habitat for Humanity is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth by constructing and building adequate and basic housing.

Habitat homeowners purchase their homes from the organization. Owners must have an income in order to be able to afford the mortgage. Habitat homeowners are vital members of the community. They are teaching assistants, grocery store employees, police officers, administrative assistants, carpenters, janitors, hospital workers, bus drivers, etc. Their mortgage payments help pay for more Habitat homes.

Refer to the Habitat North Central GA chapter website for more details.

GA400 Tolls Extension

In order to finance $50 million in improvements to GA400, the tolls will remain until at least 2020.

Some Georgians are upset that the tolls have been extended since originally, they promised when the highway was built to lift the tolls next summer . Governor Perdue has asked them to lift the toll for a brief time between July, 2011 and Jan 2012 when the new lease agreement would begin. Nothing has been finalized on that yet.

About $40 million will go to completing the interchange between the highway and I85 southbound in Buckhead.

The other improvements to the highway include widening from McFarland Road to Ga. 20 in Forsyth County, building a triple left-turn lane on Mansell Road and improving three intersections that tie into the Northridge Road exit.