The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

Gifts Under My Tree

SHHHHHHHH!! Don’t tell anyone but I peeked, and I know what a few of the presents are under my tree!

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

Happy fall… maybe?? Is it real fall or fake fall? Who really knows, but boots season is my favorite season so I will take it!

The theme of this month’s installment is “walls.” It may sound like I am desperate for something to write about, but believe it or not, it is one of the cooler parts of the PATH400 design – and you all know I am a bit of a nerd at heart.

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

It’s that time again – another update from me on PATH400’s progress and, WOWZERS, do I have some great things to share with you… You can probably feel my excitement oozing off this page!

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

It’s official – summer is here!

School is out, temperatures are starting to soar, we all want to be at the beach, and at least half of us probably are right now.

The season may have changed, but one thing you can count on is that construction is still going strong. I’m just glad it isn’t me out there doing all the manual labor in this heat. I guess sometimes it is perfectly ok to have a desk job… assuming that desk is next to the air conditioning vent!

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

Today is a great day! I have noteworthy news to share…you probably won’t see this in the Business Chronicle headlines, but it is a big darn deal to me!

Loridans to Glenridge

Last week, we had our final field plan review for the next section of PATH400 – from Loridans to the Glenridge Connector. (Final field plan review — that’s FFPR in transportation speak for your witty cocktail party repertoire.) This review is the final chance for EVERY. SINGLE. DEPARTMENT. at GDOT to say they approve of the project design. So…riddle me this –

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

It’s that time again – your update on PATH400 progress!

First, let’s talk about that bridge column – sure is tall, isn’t it?!? This is just one of the columns that will hold up the portion of the trail that will stay high, bridging completely over Mountain Way and landing on the top of the hill on the north side. All they need to do is add the cap (another 4 feet) and it is full height. The bridge decking will go right on top, and voila! You have a trail. Well, after they build the rest of the columns, of course. I’d say it’s pretty cool thinking of the view we are going to have of the Mountain Way Common canopy from up there!

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The Dirt on PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

Hey everybody! It’s that time again – your monthly update on what’s happening with construction on PATH400!

Let’s begin by changing the title of this month’s publication from “The Dirt” to “The Mud” because Mother Nature obviously doesn’t understand that it is APRIL showers that bring MAY flowers.

Our awesome construction team, ASTRA, is well underway and it is now officially looking like a construction site complete with construction trailer (office), erosion control fences to protect the creek, and some fun equipment. This may not excite you, but my construction boots are so happy to be back in the wardrobe rotation!

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The DIRT On PATH400

Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.

As you probably know by now, we formally broke ground on the next phase of PATH400 (from Wieuca to Loridans) late last year. Now we are ready to get underway. Yes, you heard me right: all the red tape is out of the way, and we are ready to rock! So, what’s next?

I wanted to take a moment to let you know what is going to happen:

In the next days and weeks, you will begin to see people onsite mobilizing for construction. This will begin with delineating the project limits, establishing erosion control measures to protect the creek, and then the most painful part of the whole process – tree removal. For those of you who love the two trees joined together, unfortunately they must be removed. However, we will be saving the entwined portion to be repurposed. So, if you know of an amazing woodworker who can make something for the park – I am all ears!

In addition to the initial site work, a construction trailer will be on-site for the duration of the project and placed adjacent to the gravel road on the North Ivy Road side of the project site. This will serve as the construction project management office. If there are concerns that pop up along the way, you are welcome to drop in. If you do come by for a visit, please be mindful that this will be an active construction site.

Once the initial site work is completed, the big work will start with equipment arriving to begin the earthwork. You should start to see this activity in late February (provided Mother Nature behaves).

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