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Atlanta BeltLine outlines new pilots, $8M gift and housing progress amid sharp council questions over transit priorities
Summary
Clyde Higgs, president and CEO of the Atlanta BeltLine, told the Community Development Human Services Committee the agency has secured roughly $1.7 million for a West Side autonomous vehicle pilot, an $8 million private gift for Shirley Franklin Park and $25 million in USDOT funding for a Northeast trail segment, but council members pressed for clarity on whether BeltLine rail remains a priority and how MARTA's project list will be decided.
Clyde Higgs, president and CEO of the Atlanta BeltLine, told the committee Feb. 24 that the BeltLine has secured about $1,700,000 from the Transit Link Authority for a one-year autonomous vehicle pilot on the West Side and an $8,000,000 philanthropic gift to build a pump track and trails at Shirley Franklin Park.
The presentation highlighted construction progress on multiple trail segments, a restored $25,000,000 USDOT grant for Northeast Trail Segment 3, and a stated achievement of roughly 80% of the BeltLine's 5,600-unit affordable-housing goal inside the tax allocation district. Higgs said the BeltLine has amassed nearly 100 acres for future housing and commercial affordability and reiterated a target to complete the full loop by 2030.
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