Agenda Item #2

Columbus Consolidated Government

Council Meeting

11/4/2003


To
Mayor and Council
Subject
Transportation Projects
Initiator
Engineering Department
Recommendation
Recommend approval of transportation projects, Eastern Connector and Veterans \n \n Parkway from Moon Road to Turnberry being moved into the Transportation \n \n Improvement Program (TIP).
Approval
Approved
Background
The Eastern Connector Project provides a road that opens up approximately 200

acres of industrial development property in the Muscogee Technology Park and

the Veterans Parkway Project will provide transportation improvements in an

area that is heavily congested.

Analysis
Financial Considerations
To fund these projects, the City will request that Georgia Department of

Transportation to reallocate $8 million from the Forest Road Project.
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
Legal Considerations
N/A
Recommendations/ Actions
Approve recommendation to move the Eastern Connector and Veterans Parkway

Project into the TIP.

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