City Releases Regional Transportation Referendum Draft Project List

This past Tuesday evening, the city of Atlanta hosted a Regional Transportation Referendum Open House at City Hall.

If the July 31 referendum passes, the city is expected to receive a little over $9 million per year for ten years, or about $94 million total to spend on local projects. 

The city of Atlanta transportation project list unveiled gives high priority to multi-modal corridor improvements along major city-maintained roadways and within economic development priority areas.

Officials said they will concentrate on making improvements to some of the city’s busiest roads and intersections. In addition, making heavily congested areas more pedestrian friendly and making parks more bike friendly would also focused goals.

Over the last several months, the Mayor’s Office, Department of Planning & Community Development and Department of Public Works, in coordination with Atlanta residents and the Atlanta City Council, developed a Draft Local Investment Framework to guide the expenditure of the 15 percent local discretionary revenue over the first five years of the ten-year period. 

The city invites residents to review the Draft Local Investment Framework and submit comments by e-mail at tiacomments@atlantaga.gov or by phone at 404-330-6145 until June 19, 2012 at 5 p.m.

Some highlights of the Local Investment Framework are attached and also listed below:

Draft Local Investment Framework

• City hosted a series of four information sessions from February 27 to March 5 in four quadrants of city

• Presented list of projects from previously‐adopted plans

– Connect Atlanta Plan (2008)

– City’s Transportation Infrastructure & Fleet Inventory Report (2010)

– Comprehensive Development Plan/CIP/STWP (2011)

• Received 46 suggestions at the meetings, 86 by e‐mail and

countless others by phone and through other means

• Visited all of the Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs)

• Met with each councilmember one‐on‐one

Citywide –

There are a total of 108 Transportation Projects:

– 36 Final Investment List Projects (2013‐2022)

– 10 High‐priority Projects (2013‐2018)

– 10 Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Projects (2013‐2018)

– 52 Neighborhood Projects (2013‐2018)

• With these projects, it is expected that 92.9 percent of city population lives within a half-mile mile of one or more of these projects

Projects in or near NPU-E

Regional Transportation Referendum- Draft Local Investment Framework

Project #

Project Name and Description

N-2.3

18th St from Spring St (US 19/SR 9) and W Peachtree St (US 19/SR 9) – Milling, Repaving and Two-way Conversion

N-3.3

Mecaslin St from Loring Heights to Atlantic Station – Multi-use Path

N-6.1

Monroe Dr from Amsterdam Ave to 10th St – Pedestrian Safety Improvements

N-6.3

Monroe Dr at 8th St to Ponce de Leon Ave at Ponce City Market (US 78/US 278/SR 8) – New Street Connection

N-7.2

Atlanta BeltLine Trail from Peachtree Rd (US 19/SR 9) to Peachtree Creek Area – Multi-use Path

N-7.4

Peachtree Rd (US 19/SR 9) at Collier Rd – Intersection Realignment & Capacity Improvements (Council District 7)

N-8.3

Deering Rd from Northside Dr (US 41/SR 9) – Traffic Calming

N-8.5

Peachtree Rd (US 19/SR 9) at Collier Rd – Intersection Realignment & Capacity Improvements (Council District 8)

N-8.4

Atlanta BeltLine Trail from Dellwood Dr to Peachtree Rd (US 19/SR 9) – Multi-use Path

Fast Track Forward, a transit-focused campaign of the Livable Communities Coalition (LCC), lauded the city of Atlanta transportation project list.

"This is a watershed moment for transit in Atlanta," Jim Stokes, executive director of LCC, said in a statement. "Through this forward-thinking project list, Mayor Reed has demonstrated an understanding that transit projects must drive the philosophy of sustainable neighborhoods and the concept of 'last mile' connectivity.

"Our vision for metro Atlanta is a region filled with vital neighborhoods that blend residences, shops, offices, parks, and entertainment with easy access to public transportation and an interconnected network of sidewalks and bike routes."