Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl calls it "monumental" for northeast Georgia. It's the opening of the new "fly-over" bridges at the Georgia 316/I-85 interchange.
It's yet another casualty of the drought: no more nighttime boating activity permits for Lake Lanier. And, even a veteran Lanier fisherman is surprised at some of the things he's seeing in the lake as the water level continues to drop.