As a service to the community, the Peachtree Hills Civic Association is pleased to share information about the Beltline and the ConnectAtlanta projects and their impact to our neighborhood.

Please click here to submit questions and comments about these initiatives.  We will do our best to answer questions, post comments, and provide periodic updates on this page.

Please click here to see a schedule of MARTA/BeltLine meetings scheduled for April 2009.

ConnectAtlanta

Draft plans for vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian improvements to the Peachtree Hills neighborhood. These planswere approved by the Peachtree Hills Civic Association in April 2008 and were submitted to Councilman Howard Shook.

The plans include:

1. A suggested bike route through the neighborhood connecting the established bike route on Peachtree Battle Rd., to the Lindbergh MARTA station and to the Lenox MARTA station along Sharondale Drive, E. Wesley, Darlington, and across Ga. 400.  The route is through neighborhood streets and minimizes use of heavily trafficked roads like Lindbergh Drive and East Wesley.

2. Bus shelters along Peachtree Hills Avenue at heavily used stops and benches along Peachtree Hills Avenue and Lindbergh Drive.

3. Tabled intersections along Lindbergh Drive.  This plan reflects the original Glatting-Jackson plan for traffic calming along Lindbergh Drive.  The tabled intersections were not installed and, while traffic speeds have been reduced, traffic still needs to be slowed to a greater degree.

4. Pedestrian scaled streetlights along Lindbergh Drive and Peachtree Hills Avenue.

5. MARTA bus routes south along Piedmont from the Lindbergh MARTA station and west along Lindbergh Drive and then south along Peachtree Road.  There are currently no direct buses along these routes.

6. A walking path from the Peachtree Hills Community Center south to the future route of the Beltline pedestrian walkway.  The idea is to create a walking path as soon as possible, which can one day be upgraded to the Beltline path standards.

7. A gateway design is also included, which has been submitted to the City of Atlanta’s Public Art Program for funding consideration.

Beltline

Please click on the official link to the Beltline for the lastest information & maps:

http://www.beltline.org/

This is the recent sheet from the Beltline on Citizen Participation Opportunities. 

Beltline Citizen Participation Opportunities

This is the link to the Atlanta Development Authority's Beltline page:

http://www.atlantada.com/adaInitiatives/beltline.jsp

Recent Articles

April 10, 2008 - AJC article Beltline Advisers Say Officials Failed at Community Involvement

Feb 22, 2008 - Buckhead Reporter article Association strives to preserve area's historic Civil War sites

Feb. 14, 2008 - AJC article  Beltline Donors Unfazed by Ruling

Feb. 11, 2008 - AJC article Beltline Ruling Threatens Other Projects

Please see the article from the Buckhead Reporter titled, Neighbors feel Beltine plan is lacking clear direction.  Kristy Gillmann, President, and Frank Summers, Peachtree Hills resident, are interviewed. 

Interesting editorial,  Public input meetings are great; but is anybody listening? 

Dec. 28 article from the Buckhead Reporter, Beltline, Path Meet on Trail; Ignore Public Input on Route.