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The Atlanta Beltline is 22-mile long multi-use corridor on a former railway corridor which encircles the core of Atlanta, Georgia.The Atlanta Beltline is designed to reconnect neighborhoods and communities historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure, improve transportation, add green space, promote redevelopment, create and preserve affordable housing, and showcase arts and culture.
Designed to provide stormwater management for an area undergoing intensive redevelopment, it was one of the first completed urban park elements of the Atlanta BeltLine project. Construction includes a two-acre detention pond that provides relief to the City of Atlanta's combined sewer system, a 24-inch tap into the existing 9' x 9' Clear Creek ...
May — D.H. Stanton Park re-opened to the public as an eight-acre (3.2 ha) park on the Atlanta BeltLine corridor in southeast Atlanta. June — Historic Fourth Ward Park and Skatepark (17 acres or 6.9 ha total) opened to the public. September — Boulevard Crossing Park Phase I (5 acres or 2.0 ha) opened to the public.
Aug. 30—The orange barrels and signs are out, signifying the beginning of a project to realign two Beltline Road intersections so as to allow permissive left turns. Wiregrass Construction, which ...
A trail has already been constructed near the West End neighborhood, while another one, under construction as of 2012, will connect Piedmont Park to Inman Park. BeltLine projects will increase Atlanta's park space by 40%, [6] including two new parks: Historic Fourth Ward Park, now open, and Westside Park.
Piedmont Park is a popular place for organized sports. The Sharon E. Lester Tennis Center at Piedmont Park is a fully staffed, public facility with 12 lighted hard courts, offering leagues, lessons, and supplies. [42] The Active Oval has two softball fields, two soccer fields, and two beach volleyball courts, all ringed by a dirt running path.
The plan was a portion of the extensive BeltLine project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit surrounding the core of Atlanta. As proposed, Westside Reservoir Park was nearly twice the size of Atlanta's premiere greenspace, Piedmont Park. Acquisition by the city was completed on June 30, 2006. [1]
The ramp that carries traffic from Hillsborough onto eastbound Interstate 440 is closed until late August, as construction on the Beltline widening project enters a new phase.