THE DIRT ON PATH400

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

Hey all of you PATH400 fans! I know it has been a while since you have heard from me, but I promise you it was worth the wait because I am back with a $12.5M announcement, the next phase of construction, from Wieuca to Loridans, is about to get underway!

We ceremonially broke ground in mid-November and celebrated with our elected officials and key community leaders and neighbors. A photo op with Mayor Dickens never disappoints, but we took it a step further by adding an enormous excavator as a show-stopping backdrop. It was a great kick-off for what promises to be one of the most exciting PATH400 sections yet.

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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON NEW PATH400 SEGMENT IN NORTH BUCKHEAD

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and other officials join Livable Buckhead to break ground on
$12.8 million project

ATLANTA – November 12, 2022 – Construction is now officially underway on the final major segment of PATH400’s 5.2-mile route through Buckhead. When complete, the new 0.75-mile stretch between Wieuca Rd. and Loridans Dr. will provide pedestrian and bike connections to Mountain Way Common and the planned Loridans Park. It also will create almost three contiguous miles of pathway between the GA 400 Loop and Loridans Dr.

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News on PATH400

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New Housing on PATH400 – Housing construction is everywhere in Buckhead these days – even on PATH400! Yep, we are building micro units of housing right there in the GDOT right-20180427_131337-smof-way.
  
WHAAAAAT??? 

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Construction Update

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20170325_104950-smThe construction report is usually the most fun part of writing this, but we aren’t underway right now. With this next segment going right under Norfolk Southern’s main freight line, we have to make sure all of the details are completely nailed down before we step foot on their property.

And of course what happens when you get an engineer and a contractor together in a room? Let’s just say I am making popcorn for the next meeting. In all seriousness, we are almost there and we hope to get underway in the next two months. But YES, we are behind schedule by a few months at this point.

The good news is that with all of this rain we have had, we wouldn’t have wanted to be under construction anyway…

 

McClatchey/Lowrey Stevens Park

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I am extremely excited that Park Pride has agreed to work with the Community to develop the vision for what used to be McClatchey School and Lowrey Stevens family cemetery. This five-acre area is immediately adjacent to PATH400 and has GREAT potential to be a really cool neighborhood park and interpretive history installation. There I go getting excited about history again. A steering committee has been formed and work will get underway in the coming months to get input. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram for announcements about upcoming neighborhood meetings. 

PATH400 Sandy Springs Extension Update

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We have a plan for heading on up to Sandy Springs! Over the last few months, designers met with a bunch of people who live right around the Loridans area of PATH400 and NPU-B to figure out what they wanted PATH400 to look like going forward.

Aside from excitement about the continuation, we heard a few things that we took into consideration in the design. The most important part – (Denise and LeeAnne this is for you) – is that the trail will remain on the highway side of the sound wall and there will be no breaks in the wall all the way up to the top of the toll plaza. We also heard a very strong desire to slow down traffic on Loridans, to screen the adjacent property, to minimize tree loss and to turn the highway bridge and old toll plaza into notable amenities.

Here is a concept to show you what it may look like and a very exciting (not) plan view of the alignment. 

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The Tree Fairy Strikes Again

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The tree fairy has struck again! And of course, by tree fairy, I mean our awesome city arborist Jasen Johns and his trusty tree gnomes at Tri Scapes. This time, they have sprinkled their fairy dust (not to be confused with pollen) on PATH400 between Miami Circle and Sidney Marcus. This part needed some landscaping love to help hide that sound wall. Sorry GDOT peeps. I know it’s functional but it’s not that pretty, so we are covering it up one tree at a time.

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Art Walls on the Greenway

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Thanks to Kaiser Permanente we have new art on PATH400!  Yep – those awesome art kaiser permanente logowalls up by Wieuca Road have been transformed into walls of inspiration. Whether it is in support of mental health awareness or you just need some inspiration to keep you going on your workout, our local artists have done some great work. Artists Meg Mitchell, Jessi Queen, Chelsea Austin, Cathryn Bozone and Katie Bush have outdone themselves yet again.

The azaleas and wisteria are in bloom, so take a walk and check out their work!

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Naughty or Nice?

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Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.
denise and will path400-smI have some great news to share with you today – it appears that PATH400 was on Santa’s NICE list this year! How do I know? Well, we just received the best kind of present – the one you never want to return – cold hard cash – and a lot of it! 

Just how much cash you might ask? (How rude – didn’t your Mama tell you it isn’t nice to talk about money?) Oh well – let’s be tacky anyway.

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Construction Update

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I am happy to report that we will be getting a little construction underway in the next few weeks. It is a small part, on Adina between Lindbergh and Garson, but it is one more bite of the 5.2-mile elephant.  

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