State committee nixes toll road proposal

A state committee has voted against a proposal to build optional toll lanes along Georgia 400 up to Cumming and Highway-20. The plan would have funded the project privately through a consortium of engineering and road-building companies called Crossroads 400. Committee members say they're not against that arrangement, but say the proposal itself is flawed. The plan did fit with the state's "public-private" law allowing private companies to invest in public toll roads. DOT officials say they intend to start from scratch with new toll road proposals.