The State Road and Tollway Authority has awarded a $2 million loan through the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank to Cherokee County to help finance a new two-lane roadway called Airport Spur Road.
This new roadway, which is part of the five-phase Technology Ridge Parkway project, will reroute Airport Drive around and below the airport runway expansion to Bishop Road and connect the Cherokee County Regional Airport to an existing Interstate 575 interchange.
The project also includes a segment of Technology Ridge Parkway Phase III, which will provide access to 86 acres owned by the Cherokee Office of Economic Development…