Atlanta’s Beltline project is on track to complete a planned 22-mile loop by 2030 after raising more than $300 million for new trail construction, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday.
Beltline CEO Clyde Higgs told the newspaper the effort got a boost from a new, $80 million donation from The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. That, in addition to local tax funding and federal grants, allows the agency to remain on schedule.
“To me, this is one of the best examples of collaboration and something that’s yielded some significant benefits for our city today and obviously in the future,” Higgs said.
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