Atlanta mayor asks MARTA to pump the brakes on Five Points renovation

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is asking for a pause on renovations to MARTA’s Five Points station. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

Mayor Andre Dickens wants MARTA to pause its controversial $230 million overhaul of the Five Points station.

That’s after Atlanta’s chief financial officer cited “concerns” from an ongoing audit of More MARTA , a voter-approved sales tax program to fund transit projects.

As of now, MARTA says buses will be re-routed from Five Points on July 6, and MARTA will completely shut down pedestrian access at the end of July.