'For future generations' Mission Zero® Corridor aims to be nation's most sustainable
Reprinted from LaGrange Daily News
By: Tyler H. Jones
Every year, more than 10 million people pass through Troup County on Interstate 85, dumping an estimated 4 million pounds of carbon dioxide into the air, according to a Georgia Department of Transportation study.
On top of all that pollution, drivers flick cigarette butts, occasionally throw trash from their windows and their vehicles leak fluids. The overhead lights used to illuminate the interstate also draw electricity from the nearby Georgia Power Plant Wansley, a coal-fueled power station between Franklin and Carrollton.
If the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, and leaders of the cities of West Point and LaGrange have their way, though, all that could change.
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