{"592951":{"#nid":"592951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ross: Political Will to Spend Money on Roads and Bridges Is Vital","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/georgia\u0022\u003EGeorgia\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;grows, it\u0026rsquo;s hard to drive anywhere without seeing a road project.\u0026nbsp;Road and bridge improvements require money. CQGRD Director Catherine Ross says\u0026nbsp;that \u0026quot;to maintain a world-class attraction and be a world-class city, it comes with a price tag.\u0026quot; Read the full article and Ross\u0026#39; comments about Georgia\u0026#39;s roads and population growth in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/2017-06-23\/georgia-roads-stretch-to-accommodate-population-growth\u0022\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/georgia\u0022\u003EGeorgia\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;grows, it\u0026rsquo;s hard to drive anywhere without seeing a road project.\u0026nbsp;Road and bridge improvements require money. CQGRD Director Catherine Ross says\u0026nbsp;that \u0026quot;to maintain a world-class attraction and be a world-class city, it comes with a price tag.\u0026quot; Read the full article and Ross\u0026#39; comments about Georgia\u0026#39;s roads and population growth in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/2017-06-23\/georgia-roads-stretch-to-accommodate-population-growth\u0022\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Catherine Ross says political will to spend money is paramount to improving roads and bridges."}],"uid":"27820","created_gmt":"2017-06-26 14:43:37","changed_gmt":"2017-06-26 15:39:54","author":"Angelika Braig","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592629":{"id":"592629","type":"image","title":"Catherine L. Ross","body":null,"created":"1497298070","gmt_created":"2017-06-12 20:07:50","changed":"1497298070","gmt_changed":"2017-06-12 20:07:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225870","name":"ross2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ross2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ross2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21121,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ross2.jpg?itok=FufPAB4s"}}},"media_ids":["592629"],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174772","name":"bridges and roads"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Catherine L. Ross\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecatherine.ross@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["cqgrd@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}