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State roads bank may fund area construction projects
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Cars line the side of the road Sept. 17 waiting to turn into Enota Elementary School in Gainesville as parents wait to pick up their kids. Non-school traffic is forced to use the center turn lane in order to get through traffic. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Hall County governments have found a new, potential cash source to help fund road projects — the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank. Although operating for several years, the state-run loan/grant program hasn’t been tapped into by area governments until last year, when Gainesville and Flowery Branch secured $2.1 million in funding. With an application deadline looming Monday, Hall County, Gainesville and Flowery Branch have scrambled in the past couple of months assembling proposals for a whole batch of projects, including new road construction.