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ALL RIGHT. THANKS, AMY. 534 RIGHT NOW, SOME BIG NEWS FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. ALDOT ANNOUNCING WORK IS UNDERWAY AGAIN ON THE NORTHERN BELTLINE. HUGE DEVELOPMENT NOW, ONCE COMPLETE, THE NEW INTERSTATE WILL CREATE A FULL LOOP AROUND THE MAGIC CITY. �������� 13 S PATSY DOUGLAS LIVE AND LOCAL. THIS MORNING JUST NORTH OF PINSON, WHERE WORK IS BACK UNDERWAY. AL PATSY. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. OH YES, IT HAS. AND YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT ALSO HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR DECADES. THE PROJECT STARTED IN 2010, BUT IT WAS HALTED DUE TO PERMITS AND FUNDING ISSUES. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. WILL CONNECT HIGHWAY 79 TO HIGHWAY 75, JUST NORTH OF PINSON. THE PHASE WILL COST. GUESS WHAT? MORE THAN $64 MILLION. NOW, ONCE COMPLETE, THE PROJECT WILL BE A 52 MILE INTERSTATE STRETCHING FROM I-59 IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY TO THE 459 INTERCHANGE NEAR BESSEMER. NOW, THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A BIG BOOM TO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY, BUT IT’S ALSO GOING TO HELP DURING HOLIDAY WEEKS LIKE THIS TWO. WELL, ANYBODY THAT IS TRAVELING ON I-20 KNOWS HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE ON I-20 IN. IT’S DANGEROUS. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A MIX LOCAL TRAFFIC AND AND COMMUTER TRAFFIC BEATS GU-WIN TRAFFIC AND ALL THE TRUCKS. THIS WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC. GET THEM KIND OF GO AROUND TOWN. NOW, THE FIRST TWO MILES OF THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE IN 2026.