Atlanta, Georgia to Unveil Eco-friendly Motorsports Park
By: Jenny Bengen on 09 30, 2009
According to this article from Environmental Leader, Atlanta is in the process of constructing a sustainable, two-mile long racetrack for car and racing aficionados. It will be called the Atlanta Motorsports Park, and it will be (an incredibly expensive) private club - $100,000 to join. What’s attractive about this park, though, is that it will be very environmentally friendly, an idea which, in the past, has not necessarily go hand in hand with a racing track.
Check out the future park’s green attributes:
- waterless urinals
- tank-less water heaters
- using reclaimed water for all irrigation
- recycling all the garbage and oil
- high efficiency HVAC systems and lighting
- thermal resistant windows
It’s wonderful to see such an environmentally responsible project being built in an industry which is known for nasty emissions and waste products. Hopefully this is the start of a new green trend in this arena.
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It’s great that everyone likes the idea of “green”, but the truth is, this MSP will be at the most, 75 feet from a protected watershed and less than a mile from a Wildlife management area and right on top of a rural agricultural, residential area.
Guess what noise abatements the developer will give the residents? Bales of hay. Has anyone ever seen hay rot? It’s not “green”.
So sad that sites are being spammed with partial truths to make this sound good when it comes at the cost of true “green” in the area of Dawsonville that was supposed to stand for conservation.
Vrrrroooooommmmmm…..principles anyone? Would you like it where you live and where your children play? They could have put it where it would have low impact.
They didn’t, they harmed an entire community.
Jenny, While all these proposed features are nice, they pale in comparison when measured against the prospective damage this venue represents to the area residents and neighboring mountains.
It is a shame that this project could not be situated where it belongs on the GA-400 corridor.
The noise and traffic pollution will have a serious negative impact on the property tax digest in the affected vicinity. Much more economic hard will come from this project than the expressed benefits of the developer and hopes of the City officials.
Thank you for your story / coverage. Keep an eye on this - It will be the undoing of this region.
Paul Goldstein