First Slice 3-13-16: Hartsfield-Jackson is about to get much bigger

Plus, what will solve Buckhead’s flooding issues?

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What will the next 20 years bring for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
? A $6 billion construction bonanza that will include a canopy over the curbside areas, expanded and new concourses, potentially a sixth runway, and no answer about those ants on the ceiling.

An Avondale Estate police officer who shot and killed Jarvis Benjamin, a 20-year-old college student who was unarmed, was cleared of the charges despite a grand jury recommending he face trial.

Feast your eyes on the architectural beast that will rise around what’s left of the historic Crum & Forster Building in Tech Square.

What will solve persistent flooding that has eroded stream banks and submerged playgrounds in Buckhead’s Atlanta Memorial Park? Good question.

Tybee Island residents and business owners are not thrilled about the producers of “Baywatch,” the big-picture adaptation of a hilariously bad 1990s TV show, expanding the production’s scope.

Government attorneys and a Norcross-based papermaker are hoping a federal judge would give the OK to a proposed $1.6 million settlement over an air-pollution lawsuit. 






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