30ABeachBum
Driver In Training
Thought I would start a thread here on the Amazon Sorting Center that apparently is going to be built on the Red Top Mountain Access road between Lake Point and Red Top. Apparently a lot of groundwork has been laid prior to the announcement, almost a done-deal apparently with no input from the citizens of Emerson. I'm new to the area so I do not know who the players are in Emerson or Bartow County government. Now this is not just a little place but will be approximately 5 stories tall and 650,000 square feet. At peak times, 1,100 trucks per day will arrive, that is 45 trucks per hour getting off at Red Top Mountain exit to make the left-hander onto the overpass, then the left-hander to the Connector. Now anyone that has seen the exit prior where the truck stop is located knows a thing or two about back-ups. Trucks do not move like cars and anyone in the area of Red Top exit knows making that left-hander can take some time depending upon the time of day. It is conceivable that a group of trucks arriving at the same time, could cause a nice back-up onto I-75 causing one heck of an accident. Not sure what can be done to fight it. We have a truck depot of Old Dominion already next to the dump, but this thing may make that look very tiny.