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Documents shed light on Southwest Atlanta warehouse project’s intersection fixes for handling truck-traffic increase

Amid controversy about traffic safety, the developer of a Southwest Atlanta warehouse project is proposing a four-way stop and some kind of truck-friendly turn at a key intersection, according to documents obtained by SaportaReport. The draft traffic study and other documents for Prologis’s 1400 Murphy Ave. project do not make it clear what “improvement” is […]

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Lawsuit threatened over claims public safety training center work began without runoff-control ponds

A DeKalb County commissioner and an environmental group are threatening to sue over claims that site-clearing for Atlanta’s public safety training center began without required runoff-prevention ponds, causing nearby stream pollution. District 6 Commissioner Ted Terry and the South River Watershed Alliance (SRWA) made the claim – rooted in an alleged lack of sediment-capturing ponds […]

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1400 Murphy developer is working on traffic safety fixes amid mystery about what new study says

The developer of a Southwest Atlanta warehouse project says it is working with the City on “enhancements” to a local intersection following concerns raised by its own consultant that trucks cannot safely pass through the area. But the City’s Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) would not immediately provide details or a copy of a new, fuller […]

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MARTA union contract negotiations heat up after dragging on nearly a year

After dragging on for nearly a year, contract negotiations between MARTA and its labor union are heating up with mutual accusations of delays and misinformation, and talk of workers staging an “action.” Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 732 members are nearly five months past the expiration of a previous contract and apparently remain far apart […]

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Journalist files federal lawsuit over police interrogation at public safety training center site

A journalist who was detained and pressured to delete video by police at Atlanta’s public safety training center site has filed a federal lawsuit alleging civil rights violations that are part of a pattern of retaliation against free speech. The detention last year of Michael Watchulonis while covering the “Defend the Atlanta Forest” protests was […]

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U.S. agency quietly shuts down monitoring device key to training center pollution debate, sewage control

A stream sediment monitoring device that gathers data key to a pollution dispute about the Atlanta public safety training center’s permit was quietly shut down by a federal agency 10 days after an appeal filing in a move that may also affect a consent decree on sewage problems. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the […]

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City Council quietly changes training center committee’s membership and meetings

The Atlanta City Council has quietly approved legislation that appears to reform the membership and appointments of the public safety training center’s controversial advisory committee and allow it to meet much less frequently. Approved May 1 after three meetings where it had no discussion or explanation, the resolution’s immediate effect on the Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee (CSAC) is […]