D'Iberville, Mississippi

Hey, everyone, this is Bryant again. I'm writing this blog post from the Imperial Palace, in Biloxi (MS). Yesterday, I filmed a brief road tour of D'Iberville, which is located just across the Back Bay of Biloxi. D'Iberville was incorporated in 1988, some three hundred years after Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville arrived in the area in 1699. There is a lot of development in D'Iberville, especially near the I-10/110 interchange. Recently, a Best Buy and Target opened up at the intersection of S.R. 15/67 and Bobby Eleuterius Boulevard, just north of the I-10/110 interchange. The I-10/110 interchange is a huge bottleneck, due to there being a traffic light at the northern end of I-110/Old S.R. 15 and the beginning of S.R. 15/67. Plans are to modify this intersection into an interchange.

I-10/110 Study (D'Iberville, MS)

D'Iberville, MS [HD] (Video)

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension

The Sugarloaf Parkway extension will improve cross-county connectivity in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Previously, Sugarloaf Parkway extended from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard NW in western Gwinnett, north of Duluth, to S.R. 20/Grayson Highway SW south of Lawrenceville. Now, the parkway has been extended to New Hope Road SE, which has added about two miles to the road's length. The master plan is to extend Sugarloaf Parkway four additional miles to intersect University Parkway/S.R. 316, which is one of the major routes used in accessing the University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County.

The parkway west of S.R. 20 is an at-grade, traffic light-ridden divided facility. The eastern portion will be six miles of limited-access roadway, once completed.

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension (video)

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension (project page)

Left Lane-blocking Could be Costly

Recently, a Georgia legislator has come up with HB 1047, which would fine slow-driving lane left lane hogs up to $75 for this asinine driving habit. When I heard about this, all I could say was, "Yes!" The reason being is that it's annoying. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is -- the left lane is to be used for active passing. When you're finished passing, get out of the way, plain and simple.

Slow Drivers in the Left Lane Could be Fined
(Times-Herald.com)