DUNWOODY, Ga. — A segment of the Top End I-285 Trail in Dunwoody received $850,000 in funding March 9 as a part of a federal package of spending bills.
The city requested $3 million in funds for a segment of the Top End I-285 Trail, connecting the Georgetown Shopping Center to Perimeter Center.
The proposed Dunwoody portion of the Top End Trail runs along the southern city limits from PATH 400 in Sandy Springs to North Shallowford Road, with a crossing into Chamblee.
The westside trails in the Dunwoody Trail Master Plan, including the Georgetown area, are focused on Perimeter Center. The proposed network calls for more north-south connections via the North Nancy Creek Greenway and east-west routes via the Top End Trail.
A proposed I-285 underpass in the Dunwoody Trail Master Plan would connect the city’s path network to Brookhaven’s Murphy Candler Park.
The $850,000 will be used for constructing a paved bicycle and walking path along the proposed I-285 Top End Express Lanes project, which adds two new, barrier-separated express lanes in both directions of a portion of I-285 and Ga. 400.
The proposed project spans three counties, Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb, and crosses several cities including Smyrna, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Tucker.
The Georgia Department of Transportation bills the I-285 Top End Express Lanes as an effort to improve regional mobility, provide more reliable trip times and offer a choice to motorists traveling through the metro Atlanta region.
The express lanes project will be part of the larger Georgia Express Lanes network, present on I-75 and I-85.
The proposed project is also part of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Transportation Plan and is classified as a regional freight corridor and a priority corridor to enhance transit operations.
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