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(The Center Square) – Georgia Piedmont Technical College broke flooring on a 24,000-square-foot Regional Transportation Training Center in Stonecrest.
The facility will have to open to scholars within the fall of 2024. With this addition, officers mentioned the varsity has room to double its business truck using program enrollment.
Lawmakers allotted $5.8 million within the fiscal 2022 funds for the mission. However, the mission’s price has ballooned to $12 million.
“This cutting-edge training facility is an important step in further growing and supporting Georgia’s transportation and logistics sector,” state Sen. Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, mentioned.
“Additionally, the new RTTC will be critical in mending the worker shortages afflicting the truck driving industry,” Jones added. “Breaking ground on the construction of this center is the culmination of many years of hard work and planning and I am eager to see this project come to fruition.”
The transfer comes as state officers grapple with cope with a national truck driver shortage.
During a Senate Study Committee on Truck Driver Shortages listening to, Ed Crowell, president and CEO of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association, estimated a shortage of 80,000 drivers national.
“These are good jobs we’re talking about, and it’s to the benefit of all of Georgia for us to get more people involved,” Crowell advised the committee.
Additionally, state Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, prompt lawmakers to have a look at the trade throughout the lens of long run generation.
“One thing that’s worth diving into [is] what the role of autonomous vehicles will be,” Dolezal mentioned all through the listening to. “I do not believe that in 25 years, the vast majority of our trucks will be driven by humans. I want to ensure that Georgia is ready for it, both on the regulatory side [and] having the lane capacity to handle those and having the infrastructure ready to support that industry as it grows.”
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