Environmentalists suing Atlanta’s public safety training center planners over alleged pollution are asking a judge to halt all construction and order the site to be completely replanted while the case is pending. The Aug. 23 request was part of a flurry of activity this week in three separate lawsuits attempting to halt the project, dubbed […]
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Environmental group sues to halt public safety training center construction for alleged runoff pollution
An environmental group is asking a federal court to change or halt the construction of Atlanta’s public safety training center due to alleged sediment runoff pollution. The South River Watershed Alliance (SRWA) filed a lawsuit on Aug. 1 against the City and the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF), the facility’s private planner, in U.S. District Court […]
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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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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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Environmentalists and DeKalb commissioner ask court to halt training center work pending permit appeal
The resident appealing the land-disturbance permit for Atlanta’s public safety training center is asking a court to halt all site-clearing until that appeal is heard.
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DeKalb parkland owner demolishes park entrance after protester arrests
The owner of DeKalb County parkland he obtained in a controversial land swap has demolished a park entrance and structures in the wake of arrests of protesters who have long occupied the site.
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Group questions legality of public safety training center’s runoff and footprint
Construction of Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center may be legally barred by a pollution-runoff cap, according to an attorney for an environmental group that is also questioning the legality of the facility’s footprint.
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64 groups and businesses sign on to oppose public safety training center ahead of City Council resolution
Sixty-four organizations and businesses have signed onto a “Decree of Nonsupport” for Atlanta’s controversial public safety training center plan as part of a City Council member’s intent to introduce an opposition resolution.
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Officials fed up with training center secrecy release permit application, plan opposition resolution
Some elected officials fed up with the secrecy of Atlanta’s public safety training center planning have released its supposedly confidential site preparation permit application and reportedly are working on a City Council resolution opposing the project.
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Public safety training center plan heads to City Council with chorus of opposition
The controversial plan to build a public safety training center at the former Atlanta Prison Farm site is heading to City Council for consideration Aug. 16 in a downsized version that is still opposed by a coalition of community and activist groups. The council’s Finance/Executive Committee on Aug. 11 approved a version of the plan […]
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DeKalb County vows to stop sewer leaks by 2027 in plan awaiting public comment
DeKalb County has promised to stop leaking raw sewage from its sewer system in certain areas of the county by late 2027. This is part of a negotiated settlement valued at more than $1 billion that lays the blame for failure to fix the system since 2011 on prior county administrations.
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South River Watershed Alliance asks U.S. Court of Appeals to help halt sewer spills
The South River Watershed Alliance has turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta in its effort to compel DeKalb County to stop spilling sewage from sewer pipes in all of DeKalb, not just a third of the county as is now the case.
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Along the South River, large tracts of tree canopy under siege
By Guest Columnist RYAN GRAVEL, AICP, founder of Sixpitch, Inc.
The latest tale in the slow destruction of Atlanta’s iconic tree canopy might seem like a bizarre aberration. When you see it in context of generational disinvestment in the South River watershed, however, suddenly it’s not so surprising. As it turns out, this tale is not an anomaly, but if you look closely, an elegant and aspirational solution to the larger narrative is hiding in plain sight.
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South River Watershed Alliance to DeKalb County: Stop dumping raw sewage into river
A polluted river isn’t like a pothole – it doesn’t shriek for attention every time you drive over it. The polluted South River is quiet like that, though now its advocates are calling on DeKalb County to stop dumping raw sewage into the river.
