Two neighborhoods around a Southwest Atlanta warehouse project are opposing its traffic study’s conclusions, saying the City should restrict its truck use and improve – rather than possibly remove – pedestrian access.
The Capitol View Neighborhood Association (CVNA) and Sylvan Hills Neighborhood Association (SHNA) expressed their concerns about Prologis’s 1400 Murphy Ave. project in letters written this week to the Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT). Both said the traffic study should be denied in its current form and get more input from the communities.
“Though we see our industrial land as an employment-rich asset, we cannot support job creation that explicitly conflicts with our neighbors’ safe access to their community and city,” wrote the SHNA.
“It is our hope that the [ATLDOT] Department may listen to our concerns and allow for a larger role for the community in any future discussions with the developer on potential roadway improvements in our neighborhood,” wrote CVNA President Zachary Adriaenssens, who says he is writing a similar letter on behalf of Neighborhood Planning Unit X (NPU-X).
Prologis is remaking the 32-acre site of a historic Nabisco snack factory into a warehouse and logistics complex. Its traffic study estimates the facility will generate 340 net new heavy-truck trips a day and 454 net new vehicle trips overall. To access the site, trucks would be directed through two intersections about a block away — Murphy and Dill Avenue, and Dill and Lee Street. Both intersections are known for tight turns that currently force trucks to drive the wrong way or onto the sidewalk.
ATLDOT requested a new, fuller traffic study following local controversy last year about the plan, as voiced in NPU-X meetings. Approval of that plan is the last step before an initial site-disturbance permit is issued. SaportaReport obtained the draft traffic study and related documents last month amid community concerns…
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