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Peoplestown residents ask Atlanta Watershed to pause Custer Avenue relief project, seek fuller community engagement
Summary
Residents of Peoplestown urged the City Utilities Committee to pause the Custer Avenue capacity relief project and hold a community-led meeting with the Department of Watershed Management and the design-build team, citing concerns about flooding, construction impacts and inadequate prior engagement.
Peoplestown residents asked the City Utilities Committee on a public-comment agenda to pause the Custer Avenue capacity relief project and meet with neighborhood leaders before construction begins.
Kim Scott, chair of the Entrenchment Creek Community Stewardship Council and executive director of Georgia Wand Education Fund, Inc., told the committee residents have “sought transparency and meaningful dialogue” and remain “deeply concerned that the project fails to adequately address the combined sewer and broader storm water management issues” affecting the neighborhood. Scott said residents were surprised by a planned ribbon-cutting announcement at a recent Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) meeting…
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