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Georgia Update: Infrastructure, Energy, and Crime Rates

Strategic Insights

— 2 min read

Major infrastructure projects, energy initiatives, and crime statistics are among the top stories from around the state of Georgia. Key developments include a proposed highway expansion, a peak power generating plant, and a rowing regatta complex, while crime scenes and law enforcement investigations also grab headlines.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend $7 million widening Georgia highway 96 south of Fort Valley, which is expected to attract more people to the city.
  • Sonat Energy Services Co. has requested the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to stop considering an application for a peak power generating plant in Harris County due to a pending lawsuit against the county commission.
  • A 16-year-old Macon girl is charged with involuntary manslaughter after shooting her 18-year-old stepbrother in the head with a 9 mm gun she thought was unloaded.
  • A company wants to build a world-class rowing regatta complex on a 4,000-acre Augusta site containing the Merry Brickyard ponds.
  • Atlanta police officer Mike Centola is under investigation in connection with the death of a 6-year-old boy in a police chase he led and the fatal shooting of a Marietta man in December.
  • The Georgia House has approved a proposal for an insurance consumer advocate and added a provision requiring state regulation of health insurance rate increases of more than 5 percent in a year.
  • James Brown has completed rehearsals in Augusta for a world tour and will also be the subject of a Disney motion picture.

Statistics:

  • $7 million: The amount the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend widening Georgia highway 96 south of Fort Valley.
  • $94.5 million: The proposed economic development package for the Augusta area by Governor Roy Barnes.
  • 4,000 acres: The size of the Augusta site where a rowing regatta complex may be built.
  • 6-year-old: The age of the boy killed in a police chase led by officer Mike Centola.
  • 18-year-old: The age of the man shot by the 16-year-old Macon girl.
  • 9 mm: The caliber of the gun used in the fatal shooting in Macon.
  • 5 percent: The threshold for health insurance rate increases subject to state regulation.

Sources:

  • Fort Valley: The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend $7 million widening Georgia highway 96 south of Fort Valley. (Source: Fort Valley police spokesperson)
  • Atlanta: Sonat Energy Services Co. has requested the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to stop considering an application for a peak power generating plant in Harris County. (Source: Atlanta Business Chronicle)
  • Macon: A 16-year-old Macon girl is charged with involuntary manslaughter after shooting her 18-year-old stepbrother in the head with a 9 mm gun she thought was unloaded. (Source: Macon Telegraph)
  • Augusta: A company wants to build a world-class rowing regatta complex on a 4,000-acre Augusta site containing the Merry Brickyard ponds. (Source: Augusta Chronicle)
  • Atlanta: Atlanta police officer Mike Centola is under investigation in connection with the death of a 6-year-old boy in a police chase he led. (Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  • Atlanta: The Georgia House has approved a proposal for an insurance consumer advocate and added a provision requiring state regulation of health insurance rate increases of more than 5 percent in a year. (Source: Georgia General Assembly)
  • Augusta: James Brown has completed rehearsals in Augusta for a world tour. (Source: Augusta Metro newspaper)

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