The Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking public feedback by Friday about a proposed project along a nearly 6-mile stretch of road from 14th Street in Midtown to Peachtree Road in Buckhead.
The $4 million project would mill and resurface 5.8 miles of roads starting at the intersection of 14th Street and Northside Drive in Midtown and going to 14th and Spring Street, to Spring and Peachtree Street, through the transition from Peachtree Street to Peachtree Road, and ending at Peachtree Road and East Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead.
GDOT would also reconfigure the lanes along a 1.1-mile stretch on 14th Street between Northside Drive on the west and Barnes Street on the east. The current configuration is two through-lanes in each direction. The new configuration would go down to one through-lane in each direction and add left-turn lanes at intersections and a two-way bike track.
One westbound through-lane would also be reallocated to add a two-way bike track from 14th and Barnes to Spring and Peachtree Street.
GDOT says these changes would improve road conditions, improve bicycle connectivity between neighborhoods and increase safety (claiming the number of pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle crashes would be cut in nearly half).
