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Monday, July 30, 2012

Building Blocks of Buckhead: Peachtree and Piedmont Roads

Improvements to Peachtree and Piedmont were discussed as part of the "Building Blocks of Buckhead" presentation, which outlined long-term plans for major projects and improvements in Buckhead by three key community groups.

Editor's note: This article represents the first in a series about the recent "Building Blocks of Buckhead" presentation that outlined Buckhead's 20-year plan, as developed by the Buckhead Community District, Livable Buckhead and the Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association. The future of Buckhead's heavily travelled Peachtree and Piedmont Roads is a bright one if three key community groups — Buckhead Community District (BCID), Livable Buckhead (LBI) and the Buckhead Area Transportation Management Association (BATMA) — are able to see their 20-year plan through.  The strategy for fixing many of the problems associated with Peachtree and Piedmont were outlined as part of the "Building Blocks of Buckhead," a 20-year plan for …

scott

10:01 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012

Just a note...Starling said $50M was designated in the TSPLOST for Piedmont...not $2M. Please go to 7:55 of this: http://youtu.be/5cSrfpsLCac Not that it matters much now.   more ›

Monday, July 16, 2012

Durrett Fields TSPLOST Questions from BBA

Jim Durrett, Executive Director of the BCID, addressed concerns about the TSPLOST at last weeks Buckhead Business Association breakfast meeting.

Jim Durrett, Executive Director of the Buckhead Community Improvement District, spoke at length about the TSPLOST - a one-cent sales tax to pay for $8.5 billion in road and transit projects -  at last week's breakfast meeting of the Buckhead Business Association. The TSPLOST is quickly approaching a vote on July 31 and opinions about it are sharply divided. Aware that many people have already made up their minds, Durrett said he hoped the information he provided could help someone unsure of how to vote on this important issue come to a decision. Durrett fielded many questions from BBA members concerned about how the TSPLOST will be implemented, should it pass in the upcoming vote. Read on to see if your own questions about TSPLOST were …

Jeffrey Allen

9:24 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Ga 400 promise was written into law, back in 1993. In 2001, the state legislature under Gov Roy Barnes changed the original wording regarding the tolls from "shall" be removed to "MAY" be removed... Of course the promises of one generation of slick politicians mean nothing to the next. So what's different about this go-round? These guys will say whatever to get this thing passed...in ten …   more ›

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