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Ground broken for Atlanta BeltLine's Westside Trail
By Collin Kelley
INtown Editor
The Westside Trail, the next major
milestone for the Atlanta BeltLine’s network
of trails, transit, parks and green space,
broke ground last month hoping to be a
revitalization catalyst just like its Eastside
forerunner.
The three-mile Westside Trail will run
from University Avenue in Adair Park to Lena
Street at Washington Park.
“This is a historic moment for southwest
Atlanta and the entire City,” said Mayor
Kasim Reed. “The Westside Trail represents
an unprecedented $43 million investment
in the future of southwest Atlanta, and its
construction will move us closer to our goal
of fully building out the Atlanta BeltLine
to connect every corner of our city. It is a
game-changer, and it will bring new vitality
and investment to the Westside’s historic
neighborhoods.”
The design of the Westside Trail
project was led by Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. in
partnership with the Georgia Department of
Transportation and support from a design
team led by Kimley-Horn and Associates.
The initial phase of a project this complex
normally takes two years to complete. Yet
the process took only nine months with the
help of a unique partnership between the
City of Atlanta, the Georgia Department of
Transportation, the USDOT Lederal Highway
Administration, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. and its
design team. Construction of this project is
expected to take approximately 24 months.
When completed, the Westside Trail will
have a 14-foot wide concrete multi-use trail
along the former railroad corridor. The
project will also include the construction of 14
access points, 11 of which are ADA-accessible,
along with lighting, security cameras, signage,
way-finding, mile-markers, and underground
infrastructure.
An expansion of the Atlanta BeltLine
arboretum will blend with hundreds of large,
native trees and integrate more than 30 acres
of inviting and usable new green space. The
project will be constructed in preparation for
future transit that is currently is the planning
stages. The Westside Trail connects four
schools and four parks, as well as the residents
of 10 southwest Atlanta neighborhoods to
public transit, existing community businesses
and future economic development sites.
In 2013, the U.S. Department of
Transportation awarded the City of Atlanta
A groundbreaking
ceremony was
held for the Atlanta
BeltLine Westside
Trail on Nov. 12
near Adair Park.
Handling the
shovels were (l-r)
Jamie Kennedy, a
Board Member at
Cox, Atlanta Mayor
Kasim Reed, Paul
Morris, President
of BeltLine, and
Atlanta Police Chief
George Turner.
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