about this, the great highway system, the interstate highway system. we don t do that anymore, we really don t. we don t even fix the old highways anymore. but we re going to get them going again like never before. these projects, not only open new lanes of commerce, but inspire the immigration and the dreams of millions and millions of people. we crafted monuments to the american spirit. it s time to recapture our legacy as a nation of builders and to create new lanes of travel, commer. d discovery. and we re going to see all the way into the future, and the future is going to be beautiful and the future is going to be bright. in my campaign for president, i traveled all across the nation. i saw the crumbling infrastructure. i met with communities that were desperate for new roads and new
particularly just getting the cars out of the way to establish those lanes of travel. so, we re working hard. troopers are working 16 to 20-hour shifts. we ve brought in 110 extra personnel from around the state in our pre-planning, we have teams from each of our geograph geographical regions and we ve brought them here and they ll be here for the duration. thank you. next, let me ask major general jim butterworth, who is, of course, head of our national guard here in georgia, to tell you what the national guard folks have been doing. thank you, governor. good morning. the national guard began yesterday at the encouragement of the governor and the gma director to ensure that our team was ready and in place for any possibility of the inclement weather. as a result and after a great deal of collaboration, we went into action last night. to date, we have cleared over 40 buses, over 100 passengers that
equipment to where that equipment needs to be used to clear the roadway. number two, wrecker services to clear vehicles out to re-establish lanes of travel. and, three, motorist assist. in particularly, two areas. if you ve looked at i-20 westbound, i think all 48,000 commercial motorcycles showed up right in that area, and so we re concentrating on six flags hill to get that cleared and to try to get that moving. as a tractor trailer jackknifed across the river bridge on i-75 just before the interchange. we re backing resources down there to remove that and have d.o.t. to hit that again to try to establish that lane or corridor of travel. in particular, page porter of atlanta towing has been absolutely outstanding in assisting the troopers and the d.o.t. in this effort today, and we really appreciate her help in
and three motor assists. in particularly, two areas. if you have looked at i-20 westbound. all 48,000 commercial vehicles showed up in that area. we are concentrating on six flags hill to get that cleared and to try to get that moving. there is a tractor-trailer that s jackknifed across the river bridge on i-75 before the 285/75 interchange north of town. we are backing resources down into there to remove that and to have d.o.t. to hit that again and try and establish that lane of or that corridor of travel. in particular, page porter of atlanta towing has been absolutely outstanding in assisting the troopers and the d.o.t. in this effort today. we really appreciate her help in particularly getting the cars out of the way to establish those lanes of travel. so we re working hard. troopers are working 16 to 20 hour shifts.
out of the way to establish those lanes of travel. so, we re working hard. troopers are work 16 and 20-hour shifts. we brought in 110 extra personnel from around the state. in our preplanning we have teams from each of the geographical regions. we brought those in and they will be here for the duration. thank you. next let me ask major general jim butterworth who is of course head of our national guard here in georgia to tell you what the national guard folks have been doing. thank you, governor. good morning. the national guard began yesterday at the encouragement of the governor and the gema director to insure our team was ready and in place for any possibility of the inclement weather. as a result and after a great deal of collaboration we went into action last night. to date we have cleared over 40 buses, over 100 passengers that