GDOT to unveil connector routes
An open house is scheduled for Aug. 24 to take comments and answer questions on a link to I-75 through Bartow County.
Eleanor Palatini
Mrs. Eleanor Palatini, 92, of Cave Spring, died Sunday evening, July 30, 2017, in a Rome hospital following a brief illness.
The former Eleanor Irene Geresi, Mrs. Palatini was born September 9, 1924, the daughter of the late Louis Geresi and the late Esther Kovach Geresi. She was married to Gerald D. Palatini on September 18, 1949, and was preceded in death by him January 24, 2014. Mr. and Mrs. Palatini made their home in Pembroke Pines, Florida for a number of years,where they both were real estate agents for Pasadena Homes. Mr. and Mrs. Palatini moved to Rome 20 years ago and made their home in Cave Spring for several years prior to Mr. Palatini’s death. Mrs. Palatini was a communicant of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Palatini was preceded in death by her brother, Louis Geresi.
Survivors include her children, Ms. Susan Palatini of Atlanta, Dr. Carol Edwards (Wolfe), of Cave Spring, and Dr. Jerry Palatini, of Cedartown. Six grandchildren, Ken Edwards IV, of Seattle, Brannon Edwards, of Marietta, Turner Edwards, of Cave Spring, Mary Palatini, Ella Palatini, and Hunter Palatini, all of Cedartown; two great-grandchildren also survive.
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Palatini will be held Friday morning, August 4, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Cave Spring Cemetery with the Rev. Billy Hicks officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday morning from 10:00 a.m. until time to leave for the service.
An open house is set for Aug. 24 in Cartersville to unveil and take public comments on the proposed Rome-Cartersville Development Corridor.
The road is aimed at linking Floyd County with Interstate 75 and relieving congestion on Bartow County surface streets. Georgia Department of Transportation engineers have narrowed the potential routes to two alignments.
Both alignments would hit I-75 near the Anheuser Busch plant, with one access point close to Cass-White Road and the other a little farther to the south — near Tellus Science Museum.
The connector was originally envisioned as a limited-access road built for speed. However, engineers recently redesigned the road with atgrade intersections expected to significantly cut the estimated $75 million cost. A citizens advisory committee got details last week at a meeting in Cartersville.
“We need to go for it,” Floyd County Commission Chair Rhonda Wallace said.
Wallace didn’t attend the Thursday session but received Rhonda Wallace Stephen B. Morton /
a briefing on how the plan was received.
“Bartow is on board with it,” she said. “It’s something we all can agree on and can get done in a reasonable amount of time.”
Under the less expensive design, vehicles on the surface streets could make right turns onto the connector. Traffic would be kept flowing through the use of special J-hook ramps for drivers who want to cross the road or enter from a different direction. The Associated Press
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“At this point we need access,” Wallace said. “We don’t need to worry about it being up to interstate standards. The best thing for us is to get this done.”
The I-75 link for Rome — previously called the 411 Connector — has been in the works since the mid-1980s. Cartersville Ranch LLC, owned by the Rollins family, successfully challenged an approved route in 1989 and again in 2008. The Rollins family has indicated support for the revised routes.
Joseph Ciavarro, planning engineer for GDOT District 6, said the Aug. 24 gathering would be a drop-in informational meeting.
The session is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 516 Grassdale Road in Cartersville. Staffers will be available to take comments and answer questions.