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Record number to travel over lengthy holiday period

Buford’s Friendship Road, above facing westbound, and the Interstate 985 area is the only Hall County potential holiday trouble spot in Northeast Georgia identified by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Construction, commuters and Lake Lanier Islands Resort’s Christmas lights display could cause traffic congestion. - photo by NAT GURLEY

1220traffic 2 — Buford’s Friendship Road, above facing westbound, and the Interstate 985 area is the only Hall County potential holiday trouble spot in Northeast Georgia identified by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Construction, commuters and Lake Lanier Islands Resort’s Christmas lights display could cause traffic congestion. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Greg Breazeale

Updated: Dec 20, 2013, 4:35 AM

Published: Dec 20, 2013, 4:41 AM

If you’re planning an early holiday getaway, you might want to avoid the roads around the shopping areas; they’ll probably be especially crowded. With Christmas Day falling on a Wednesday, the Georgia Department of Transportation anticipates more travelers than usual during the holiday week. AAA is predicting a record 94.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday period, including 2.7 million in Georgia, matching the predicted 0.6 percent national increase.

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This Gainesville landfill could get 134-acre expansion. Here's what you need to know

A map by the City of Gainesville annotated by The Times showing the planned 134-acre expansion of a privately owned landfill.

Existing landfill (2).png — A map by the City of Gainesville annotated by The Times showing the planned 134-acre expansion of a privately owned landfill.

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Updated: Apr 7, 2025, 8:34 PM

Published: Apr 7, 2025, 8:16 PM

A privately owned Gainesville landfill could expand by more than 130 acres if a pair of rezoning and annexation requests gets the OK from city officials.

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