I-285/Ga. 400 interchange project in North Fulton delayed a year

NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — It's not the news you wanted to hear. A project that's supposed to cut your commute time is going to take longer to finish.

Georgia Department of Transportation officials say the Interstate-285/Ga. 400 project will be open to drivers in 2021.

The $800 million project was slated to open at the end of this year.

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“Due to the current level of construction progress, largely due to the additional scope agreed to by the Developer and GDOT, it is anticipated that the Transform 285/400 project will reach substantial completion (open to traffic) in late 2021,” said GDOT spokesperson Natalie Dale in a statement to Channel 2 Action News.

The project will add lanes and fly-over ramps to make more capacity and more collection areas so cars aren’t backed up at the bottleneck. They hope to make it safer by reducing some of the weaving some drivers now face.

GDOT says about 400,000 vehicles pass through the interchange every day -- and with all the growth it was time for a major overhaul. The last one happened in 1993.

Here's what to know about 285-Georgia 400 interchange project The Georgia?Department of Transportation says about 400,000 vehicles pass through the interchange every day -- and?with all the growth it was time for a major overhaul. The last one happened in 1993.

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