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Atlanta council presses administration and MARTA process after pause on Streetcar East study
Summary
Council members pressed the Atlanta Department of Transportation and asked for MARTA and BeltLine briefings after a PGC recommendation paused additional work on the Streetcar East study; commissioners said the pause was advisory and that the MARTA Board has authority for final action.
Atlanta — City council members said they were blindsided by media reporting that the Streetcar East planning work had been paused and pressed the Atlanta Department of Transportation on the decision-making process and transparency surrounding the MORE MARTA governance committee, known as the PGC.
Commissioner Solomon Cabaniss, representing ATLDOT, told the Transportation Committee that the PGC — created under the 2017 intergovernmental agreement for the MORE MARTA program — paused further spending on design and study work for Streetcar East because of financial…
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