Brookhaven City Council approves funding for multi-use paths and sidewalks

File photo The Brookhaven City Council meeting was held at the new City Centre building for the first time on Tuesday Aug as the city pushed to complete multi-use paths and sidewalk projects In a special meeting of the Urban Redevelopment Agency URA held between work session and the regular council meeting members approved additional funding for the North Druid Hills multi-use project The -foot-wide path will run along North Druid Hills Road connecting south of Sylvan Circle to the Oglethorpe Brookhaven MARTA station at Apple Valley Road ADA accessible ramps crosswalks lighting and streetscaping will be installed City council members voted in favor of acquisition of land by eminent domain to complete several projects The city will pay for land acquisition to complete Peachtree Creek Greenway Phase II including million for Buford Hwy and Buford Hwy The city did not state how much they paid for the acquisition of Buford Hwy West Druid Hills Dr and North Druid Hills Rd We have had increased communications with council for several of these properties since the announcement of this resolution and it is quite viable that resolutions are reached outside of the eminent domain and condemnation process Those discussions continue In fact we received a counter offer earlier at present reported Assistant City Attorney Joe Siegelman Related stories Brookhaven City Council approves Lavista Park master plan Brookhaven declines federal funds for next phase of Peachtree Creek Greenway To complete the Redding Road Caldwell Road project the city will pay for the acquisition of the temporary construction and driveway easements at Caldwell Rd Other approved spending included a contract in the amount of with DAF Concrete was approved for the Briarwood Road sidewalk replacement project and for temporary acquisition of the easement at Ashford Dunwoody Rd to complete the Ashford Dunwoody multi-use path Definitively Susie and Vic Parker were recognized for their donation of a Steve Penley painting of Murphey Candler Park the crown jewel of the city s green spaces The painting will be displayed at Brookhaven City Centre The post Brookhaven City Council approves funding for multi-use paths and sidewalks appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta