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Q:
Regarding the I-75 /575 toll lanes, can you give me a more exact date of completion of the toll lanes other than sometime in 2018? —Fred Judson, Acworth
A:
Officials with the Georgia Department of Transportation say the lanes are expected to open this summer but did not provide a set date.
Construction on the 29.7mile Northwest Corridor Express Lanes began in October 2014, according to GDOT.
The reversible lanes will be on I-75 — from Akers Mill Road to Hickory Grove Road — and on I-575 — from I-75 to Sixes Road in Cobb and Cherokee counties — according to GDOT.
Q:
What is the current condition of the Titanic? —Jean Higgins, Atlanta
A:
The Titanic is a “rusting hulk at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean,” according to a February 2018 BBC article.
It is located 3.8 kilometers below the surface of the ocean, and a species of bacteria is “slowly eating away its iron hull,” according to the BBC.
The bacteria has been named Halomonas titanicae by researchers, according to the BBC and other media reports.
The Titanic’s wreck was discovered in 1985 by a team led by Dr. Robert Ballard.
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