Atlanta Beltline Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about The Beltline.
Beltline alive despite TSPLOST loss
The Atlanta Beltline project is still alive and well despite losing close to $600 million with the defeat of the state’s transportation referendum, according to Beltline officials. But those officials said the transportation component of the project could be delayed now by up to ten years without the transportation referendum, ...
Vote Today!
Hopefully you can make time to get to the polls and vote on the traffic referendum before 7pm. Again, it's a vote either for or against you and I paying an extra 1% sales tax on everything we buy. This money will go toward traffic projects. A trolley for downtown ...
Residents concerned about safety on Beltline
Residents in northeast Atlanta are concerned about the lack of lighting on the Atlanta Beltline. A new 2.25-mile section of the Beltline that runs from midtown to the Old Fourth Ward is expected to open in July. Citizens said they want to feel safe on the network of trails. A ...
Parts of Ponce de Leon closed for construction
A section of Ponce de Leon Avenue is closed near the City Hall East. Crews are lowering a bridge there as part of the Beltline project. Authorities say drivers can still access restaurants and other businesses in that area. Construction is scheduled to end by 5 a.m. Monday in ...
The Eastside Trails nears completion
Shuffle Your Feet Along The Eastside - Very Soon A combination of multi-use trail and linear greenspace, the Eastside Trail will be the first finished section of the Atlanta BeltLine trail in the old rail corridor. The Eastside Trail, which was funded by a combination of public and private philanthropic ...
DeKalb voters question 1% transportation sales tax proposal
There is a new push to get voters in to buy-in to a new transportation tax that backers say will ease traffic in metro Atlanta. Part of the money from the proposed tax would be used to improve road conditions in DeKalb County and to build a bridge at Clifton ...
Road work prompts closing
Traffic officials warn drivers to expect weekend delays on Ponce de Leon Avenue in midtown due to Atlanta Beltline construction. A section of the road is closed as crews develop the eastside trail that stretches from Piedmont Park to the Old Fourth Ward. Once the project is done, the Beltline ...
Construction shuts down busy road
Part of Atlanta's busiest roads were shut down as crews worked on the city's Beltline project. The work is happening from Ponce de Leon Place to Midtown Place Shopping Center in northeast Atlanta, Channel 2's Sophia Choi reported from the area. Foot traffic is also restricted as crews work throughout ...
Crews to shut down Beltline bridge on Ponce
Construction crews will shut down busy Ponce de Leon Avenue on Friday night until early Monday morning as they get an old train trestle ready for the new Beltline Trail. Crews will close down Ponce starting at 9 p.m. Friday and won't reopen it until 5 a.m. Monday. "It's going ...
Neighbors grateful as PATH celebrates 20 years
Jane Weeks says she walks the trail along Medlock Park every day, even in the chilly autumn weather. "Every day. If I miss, I walk twice a day," Weeks told Channel 2's Linda Stouffer. "This is the best thing that's happened." The trail was created by the private nonprofit PATH ...
Residents on alert for vandals spraying graffiti
At first it doesn't look like much, but residents in Atlanta's Collier Hills community are alarmed after finding graffiti throughout their neighborhood. Atlanta police confirm there has been a noticeable rise in graffiti activity in the Buckhead neighborhood and officers said the Graffiti Task Force is working with residents in ...
Penny Sales Tax Crucial To City's Future
As Atlanta moves forward, local leaders say this is one of the most important decisions metro Atlanta voters will face in quite in some time. It's a one cent sales tax to fund major transportation improvements to reduce the area's congested highways, daily gridlock and lack of mass transit to ...
Historic 4th Ward Park Offers Sustainable Fun
The Atlanta beltline has a new park.Saturday was the official opening of Historic Fourth Ward Park near City Hall East.The park features a huge pond, complete with walkway, an amphitheater and skate park.The park is environmentally sound and meets a federal mandate to help control flooding around City Hall East.
$23 Billion Transportation Wish List Released
Leaders released a long wish list of transportation projects for metro Atlanta with a $23 billion dollar price tag.The Atlanta Regional Roundtable published the list of 450 projects on their website on Wednesday. The group, made up of mayors, state lawmakers and members of the Atlanta Regional Commission, now must ...
Investors Help To Revitalize Neighborhood
A group of investors called Committed to Communities is trying to revitalize one of Atlanta's most distressed neighborhoods one home at a time.Many homes in Sylvan Hills are empty, some because of foreclosure.The investors are buying several of the homes up and turning them around.Those investors said by refurbishing the ...
The BeltLine Project: Connecting Atlanta
Channel 2 WSB-TV brings you a prime time special that digs into the country’s most comprehensive urban renewal project, and how it is already transforming Atlanta. As Georgia makes history, Channel 2 Action News delivers an in-depth report on the many aspects of the Atlanta BeltLine and the Georgia Tech ...
Home Depot Donates Thousands To Atlanta BeltLine
The stretch of the Atlanta BeltLine located behind Ansley Mall is growing because of a generous donation from Home Depot. Volunteers from Atlanta-based Home Depot joined up with BeltLine employees Friday to work on a bridge over a railroad trestle."We've got eight miles of hiking trail that is currently open ...
Atlanta Beltline Could Spur Thousands of New Homes
The Atlanta Beltline is using a community land trust and an affordable housing trust fund that would keep and create more than 5,000 units of affordable housing in the city, Channel 2 Action News has learned.Organizers said it’s an effort to keep residents already living in city limits, and entice ...
Ga Tech Grad Creator Of Atlanta BeltLine
The Atlanta that we know will look, feel and move differently in 25 years because of an idea that Ryan Gravel had right here in the city he is hoping to change."The project was my graduate thesis at Georgia Tech. It all started off as a transit line then after ...
Parks And Trails Along The Atlanta BeltLine: Construction Is Under Way
In the shadow of Atlanta's City Hall East, a lot of new construction is under way. What is now a construction site will soon become Fourth Ward Park, one of several new parks being built along the Atlanta BeltLine. Phase one of this park will open later this year; it ...
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