Trail Tours!
Go Play In The Dirt!
The beginning of construction of the phase from Miami Circle to the Gordon Bynum pedestrian bridge means construction tours!
Construction Update – 10.2018
PATH400 Delivers!
Yet again PATH400 delivers on our promises – we are under construction! Crews are underway with final surveying and clearing to get some serious trail building going from the Gordon Bynum bridge at the back of Lenox Square all the way down to Miami Circle.
Construction Update – June 2018
Construction Report – Well, the theme here is baby steps or maybe pushing a wet noodle – take your pick. As I mentioned in my last communication, we had to write up a report to tell the railroad folks EXACTLY how we are going to build the part behind Lenox Square that goes under their main freight line. We put the finishing touches on that approach and got it all submitted to the railroad a few weeks ago. So now we wait and politely play the squeaky wheel routine. I asked the Magic 8-Ball (used to make all of my major decisions) if we would get approval in June and its prediction was “concentrate and try again…” so I guess I will be in touch later.
Construction Update
The 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…
Naughty or Nice?
Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.
I 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.
Construction update – October 2017
Great news! After several months of wearing people down with my best squeaky wheel routine, we have received approval from Norfolk Southern to get moving on the next phase, from Miami Circle to the back of Lenox Square. We still have to clear pre-construction meetings with both the railroad and MARTA and then you will see some good old fashioned dirt movin’ going on! We have also received our final approvals to move forward with construction on the Adina section from Lindbergh to Garson. We will build these two at the same time to maximize efficiencies. Read more
Construction Update
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.
Construction Update – May 2017
It’s Raining…Trees! Many thanks to the City of Atlanta’s Senior Arborist, Jasen Johns, for working with us to get a whole bunch of new mac daddy trees planted on PATH400 between Old Ivy and Wieuca Roads. These aren’t any playschool beginner trees – they are good sized beauties and we got them in just in time […]
The DIRT – Construction Update
Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.
Instead of reading tea leaves for this report, I opted to look to the stars and found inspiration:
“2017 is a year wide open with opportunities for Sagittarians. There is plenty of energy that will prompt you to dig in and make tremendous progress.”
Construction Update
Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, gives us the dirt on PATH400 progress.
Partnerships Partnership Partnerships – Yet another partner has come into the PATH400 circle of friends…Camden Development. As part of developing their new project in Buckhead’s west village, Camden has to satisfy the City of Atlanta’s tree recompense requirements. Thanks to City Arborist Paul Lewkowiscz and Landscape Architect Kevin Thomas of SITE Solutions , Camden is meeting those requirements by donating 300 caliper inches of trees to PATH400! Plans are being drawn up as I write by local landscape design guru Steve Sanchez at HGOR and will be incorporated into the part of trail that recently opened between Sidney Marcus and Miami Circle adding those finishing touches to make this section pretty.