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Old 06-06-2015, 12:42 PM
 
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"Atlanta is moving forward with plans to create a pleasant place to walk and cycle along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, all the way from the future Falcons stadium to Fulton Industrial Boulevard. A new linear park is to be built.
The narrow sidewalk along Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is to be replaced with a 12-foot-wide sidewalk, separated from vehicles by a 6-foot-wide buffer that is to have trees, lamps, and benches.


The 7.2-mile stretch of roadway is the latest of the city’s efforts to retool heavily used corridors into complete streets. The notion is that streets are not complete until they serve pedestrians and cyclists and transit, as well as automobiles and trucks.

Atlanta also is converting a portion of Ponce de Leon Avenue into a complete street.

The total cost for the MLK conversion is budgeted at $60.2 million. The price includes a linear park to be built on the north side of MLK, between Peyton Place and Lynhurst Drive..."

Full Story: SaportaReport | Atlanta advances plan to retool MLK into complete street, with sidewalk, bike lane, linear park
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Old 06-06-2015, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Lake Spivey, Georgia
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Sounds wonderful!
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Old 06-06-2015, 08:51 PM
 
Location: In your feelings
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The westside certainly deserves it given the way the Falcons stadium construction has cut them off from downtown. Hopefully it will serve as a model for some of the very incomplete streets on the eastside, like Moreland Avenue.
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:13 AM
 
Location: Atlanta's Castleberry Hill
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Don't be fool the Atlanta Falcons will need more exits and entrances to the Stadium. I hope the city of Atlanta is not using this as a cover-up. Just look at how they conviently closed MLK access into the city. It's time we longer be thrilled with every so called development but examine the blueprints before we go along.
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:33 AM
 
Location: Georgia
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Don't be fool the Atlanta Falcons will need more exits and entrances to the Stadium. I hope the city of Atlanta is not using this as a cover-up. Just look at how they conviently closed MLK access into the city. It's time we longer be thrilled with every so called development but examine the blueprints before we go along.
But MLK will be restored/realigned. Why does everyone conveniently leave that part out every time they bring this up???
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:56 AM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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But MLK will be restored/realigned. Why does everyone conveniently leave that part out every time they bring this up???
Ignorance
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Old 06-07-2015, 06:51 AM
 
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This will be great for folks out near Fulton Industrial who want to walk or bike to a Falcons game.
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Old 06-07-2015, 11:53 AM
 
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Arjay - you have a sneaky subversiveness. It makes me laugh every time. (I do hope that is your intent though)
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Prescott, AZ
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But MLK will be restored/realigned. Why does everyone conveniently leave that part out every time they bring this up???
Will it? Are there plans to? I'm actually asking because I have no idea...
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Old 06-07-2015, 01:31 PM
 
Location: NW Atlanta
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Will it? Are there plans to? I'm actually asking because I have no idea...
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