Atlanta Dragway Today

[vegasnitro]

I am working in Commerce, GA this week and stopped by Atlanta Dragway. The tower and grandstands are gone and the property is already overgrown.

 

[mick]

makes you wonder if money has exchanged hands yet? ...... if i'm a developer and purchased the property from nhra, wouldn't i have a shovel in
the ground almost immediately? at the very least getting rid of the remaining bldgs. and the actual drag strip?

 

[Ramjet]

makes you wonder if money has exchanged hands yet? ...... if i'm a developer and purchased the property from nhra, wouldn't i have a shovel in
the ground almost immediately? at the very least getting rid of the remaining bldgs. and the actual drag strip?

There is a possibility that Red Tape is the problem. Plan check and environmental impact as well as a ton of other things have to go through the city or county first. Bureaucrats are generally a pain a lot of the time.

 

[chop]

I was passing thru Commerce back in May and detoured by the track. It brought back many memories even back to the 70's when I raced there. I could still smell the nitro,yeah,I really could.

 

[Jim]

There is a possibility that Red Tape is the problem. Plan check and environmental impact as well as a ton of other things have to go through the city or county first. Bureaucrats are generally a pain a lot of the time.

Or funding for the project. Loans and mortgages may have fallen through with interest rates being higher.