Passing previously forested portions of the Interstate 16 median that have now been cleared of trees, drivers are seeing a project that involves the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Georgia Forestry Commission and a private timber buyer. Eventually, the trees and bushes will be removed from a total of 465 acres, at 10 locations, from near the Candler-Emanuel County line west of Metter to the Pooler Parkway in Chatham County. The two-year project is intended to make the highway safer, said Georgia DOT District 5 Communications Officer Jill Nagel.