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Brookhaven council approves applications for state and regional transportation funding
Summary
Council approved applying for a 2026 GDOT LMIG grant (estimated $937,000) and submitted multiple Atlanta Regional Commission TIP requests totaling $27,162,549 in federal asks with $6,700,637 in local matches, including funding for a greenway, road engineering and an I‑85 bridge planning phase.
The Brookhaven City Council on Jan. 13 voted to apply for state and regional transportation grants, moving forward with plans for local paving, greenway construction and bridge planning.
Strategic Partnerships staff asked the council to authorize an application to the Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) program for 2026 with an estimated project budget of $937,000. If awarded, the work would be bid and come back to council for contract approval.
Council also approved submitting multiple applications to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Transportation Improvement Program for 2026. The city’s requests include construction funding for Peachtree Creek Greenway Phase 2 (about $3.5 million in construction funds with an $858,000 local match), planning and engineering funds and a retaining-wall engineering allocation for Ashford Dunwoody Road at Windsor Parkway (approximately $2.7 million with a $700,000 match), and additional planning/engineering funds for an I‑85 vehicular bridge (roughly $1.6 million with a $420,000 match). Patty (Strategic Partnerships) said ARC required an overall plan showing intended phases and that partial funding through amendments is common.
Patty gave a consolidated total federal ask of $27,162,549 and a total local match of $6,700,637 should all projects be funded. Councilmembers moved, seconded and approved a resolution to submit the applications.
The council did not appropriate local matching funds in this meeting; if federal awards are made, staff said the projects will return to council for contract approvals and any required local-match allocations.
