The ACC government is accepting public input this month on “Reimagine North Avenue,” a $25 million project intended to create safe bike and pedestrian routes along the corridor, provide access to jobs and services, reduce vehicle emissions and bring investment to a part of town that hasn’t seen much of it.
The project area runs from Freeman Drive and Collins Industrial Boulevard to Willow Street. Preliminary plans call for a multi-use path, realigning the Strickland Avenue intersection, improvements to other intersections, lighting, landscaping, stormwater drainage and new bridges over the North Oconee River and the Loop.ACC received a $25 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for North Avenue in 2021, but planning is just now getting underway. The project is not scheduled for construction until 2026.
For more information and to fill out a comment form, visit accgov.com/northavenue. There will also be two in-person public input sessions: Saturday, Oct. 14 from 9–11 a.m. at the East Athens Educational Dance Center and Thursday, Oct. 19 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at Howard B. Stroud Elementary School.
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