Transportation (Macon)



By 1998 Macon's industrial growth prompted an increase in interstate funding, resulting in the completion of the construction of long delayed I-475. The Borderlands' industrial zone promises to bring in a quarter of a billion dollars for the city of Macon. To support the sudden increase of industrial growth Macon expands Highway 49 and sets aside land to develop a thoroughfare. Construction of the new I-316, an I-16 bypass north of Avondale and The Borderlands that connects I-16 to I-75, begins in 2006. Its completion in 2008 alleviates congestion on Macon's inner-city interstates and encourages continued industrial growth.