Johns Creek rebuilt a congested intersection in 2020 with proceeds of a sales tax for transportation Fulton County voters have agreed to extend.
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Atlanta auditors flag administrative spending in road, bridge and sidewalk works program
Renew and TSPLOST have already delivered less than promised
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Atlanta’s audits in 2020: Northside Drive Pedestrian Bridge to start year’s reports
An Atlanta audit that’s due soon is to advise if the city can expect to recover any expenses of building the Northside Drive Pedestrian Bridge, near Mercedes Benz Stadium. This investigation by the city’s independent internal auditor is one of many that are likely to draw attention this year – including one on e-scooter regulations.
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Report documents the wrangle over cost overruns at MLK Aquatic and Rec Center
The document reveals there had been an internal wrangle over about $1.4 million worth of mainly design changes.
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Atlanta mayor names transportation department leader, publishes three-year plan
Atlanta’s mayor announced a new department, a new leader and a new plan to make it easier and safer to get around Atlanta.
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Short funds for road, bridge and other works, Atlanta council OK’s diminished project list
A vote by Atlanta City Council on Monday made it official: some of the road, bridge and other public works promised to voters via special programs in 2015 and 2016 will not happen any time soon.
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Atlanta races ahead of consultant’s advice in proposed Transportation Department
Atlanta’s proposal to create a freestanding Department of Transportation – reporting exclusively to the mayor – was part of the long-term plan suggested by the city’s management consultant, but only after a slow transition to a new department. The Atlanta City Council begins its deliberations on April 22.
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With dollars short of building promises, Atlanta gets advice to do complete streets
The man overseeing cuts to a pair of major Atlanta public works programs says that so far, he’s hearing that the public wants to prioritize bike and pedestrian upgrades.
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New round of public meetings scheduled on trims to Atlanta public works projects
As Atlanta decides how to try and cover road, sidewalk and other repairs with a pot of money that’s not big enough, city residents can expect to see three scenarios on what high-profile projects in two programs may — or may not — get done.
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Voter-approved Atlanta public works programs $410 million short of promises
“This is more than a program recovery effort, this is an exercise of building and maintaining public trust…”
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Impatience growing for information on Renew Atlanta construction projects
As a $250 million Atlanta public program for road, bridge, sidewalk and public building works is going through a bit of a reset, there’s some impatience for information about what will — and won’t — get done.
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Promised Howell Mill overhaul may not happen
A bunch of proposed work on Howell Mill Road is up in the air as the city steps back from some public works pledges.
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Renew Atlanta’s budget millions short for fire station works, auditors find
A city borrowing program that promised Atlanta voters $250 million in improvements to roads, sidewalks, bridges and city buildings is delivering, delays and budget-busting fire station repairs, according to a new report by city auditors.
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Now is a good time to create a City of Atlanta transportation department
When contemplating a vision for Atlanta’s future, transportation issues often are a centerpiece of how we envision our city.
The assumption of the Atlanta City Design Project is that the city’s population will double or even triple over the next 30 years.
So the challenge facing Atlanta is how do we incorporate more people living within the city limits without having complete gridlock on our city’s streets.
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Plans to redesign Monroe Drive are ‘completely incomplete’
It’s no secret that Monroe Drive is an accident-prone corridor in the City of Atlanta.
Just ask Ivan Schustak. He was walking along Monroe Drive in the crosswalk at Yorkshire Road on March 29thwhen he was hit by a car turning left from Monroe Drive.
Schustak, who is visually impaired, attended a Renew Atlanta community presentation of the latest proposed plans to improve the corridor of Monroe Drive-Boulevard Avenue at a town hall meeting at Grady High School on June 28th.
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DeKalb Avenue “suicide lanes” to disappear, as a car-centric city does something different
Folks who live on DeKalb Avenue say cars race by their windows — and they see a lot of crashes. A top city planner says that what they’re going to witness through those windows in the coming years is part of a departure from history for a car-centric city.
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Auditors find holes in Renew Atlanta road repaving oversight
Auditors found that the folks who are supposed to be overseeing Renew Atlanta projects often have incomplete or incorrect information — and that there’s not an electronic system to keep documents in order.
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Photo Pick: Inman Park Neighborhood Association hosts Urban Conversations on T-Splost & MARTA
Join Urban Explorers of Atlanta at the Historic Trolley Barn in Inman Park for a special edition of “Urban Conversations” as they discuss two measures that could shape the future of Atlanta in a significant way. A team of distinguished of city leaders who will explain what two referendums that City of Atlanta residents will vote on on […]
