The City of Lula is very concerned as to the amount of potential truck traffic that will go thru Lula to the proposed INLAND PORT FACILITY (train rail yard) on HWY 365. Ga DOT is offering an opportunity to hear the public concerns related to the traffic generated and current conditions. The amount of truck traffic generated by the Inland Port (rail yard) is estimated to be as many as 400 tractor trailers a day, seven days a week. The City of Lula’s concern is that a great deal of truck traffic may very well use HWY 51 (2 lane highway) straight through Lula to reach HWY 365 and the Inland Port. If even a fraction of truck traffic uses this route to access HWY365 it will be devasting to the City of Lula making downtown a throughfare for tractor trailers. Are hope is the community will get involved and ask questions at such meeting and seek to lessen the potential impact this can be on the city of Lula.
The email invitation is below, please try to attend this important meeting and ask questions that of yet have been answered.
Greetings,
Hope this email finds you in good health. My name is Jomar Pastorelle, I work for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) as a Transportation Planner II. In addition, I am serving as the Project Manager for the State Route 365 Planning Study. The purpose of this study is to analyze travel conditions on SR 365 between I-985 and Belton Bridge Road and develop recommendations to accommodate future travel growth.
On behalf of the GDOT and SR 365 project team, we cordially extend an invitation to you for the planning study’s first public meeting, which will be held from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public of the study and to solicit feedback that will be used in developing recommendations. The meeting will be an open house format in which attendees are encouraged to drop by at any point. The meeting will be held at the Georgia DOT District 1 Office located at 1475 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Building 2, Suite 100 Gainesville, GA 30501. You are welcome to share this public meeting invitation to your professional and social networks
If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Email: JoPastorelle@dot.ga.gov
Office: (404) 631-1792
Best Regards,
Jomar A. Pastorelle, M.A.
Georgia Department of Transportation
SR 316 & SR 365 Project Manager
Transportation Planner II
One Georgia Center
Office of Planning
600 W. Peachtree Street NW, 5th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Office: (404) 631-1792
Email: JoPastorelle@dot.ga.gov
