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Committee Approves Conditional Abandonment of Part of Westminster Drive; Neighborhood Questions Remain
Summary
The Transportation Committee voted 6–0 to favorably recommend abandoning parts of Westminster Drive so Atlanta Botanical Garden can expand, while requiring ATLDOT to provide written responses to community questions before full council review.
The Transportation Committee voted to advance an ordinance to abandon portions of Westminster Drive Northeast that would allow the Atlanta Botanical Garden to absorb the right-of-way into future park development, but the committee attached a condition requiring the department to provide written responses to neighborhood questions before the item reaches full council.
Deputy Commissioner Leonore of the Atlanta Department of Transportation (Office of Engineering) described the request as two segments — off Monroe and off Piedmont — serving the…
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