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City to accept $456,219 GDOT carbon-reduction grant to design MLK/Altama bike-ped corridor
Summary
City staff said Georgia DOT awarded $456,219 for design and engineering of a Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/Altama Avenue bicycle and pedestrian corridor; the program requires an 80/20 match, with a city match of $114,055 and a total design budget of $570,274. The commission approved the memorandum of agreement.
City staff described a successful application to the Georgia Department of Transportation carbon-reduction program to fund design and engineering for a bicycle-pedestrian corridor along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Altama Avenue.
"We were successful and received funding from GDOT in the amount of $456,219," staff member Gero Aberson told the commission and explained the program is an 80/20 match requiring a city share of $114,055 for a project-design total of $570,274. Aberson emphasized the award covers design and engineering only and noted if design bids come in under budget GDOT will cover 80% and the city 20%; if costs exceed the total, the city would cover the excess beyond the GDOT cap.
Aberson said the match portion will be paid from the city’s trails and boardwalks category, which currently holds roughly $2.7 million available funds. Commissioners asked about concurrent work to survey nearby blocks to investigate flooding issues where the corridor intersects local streets; Aberson said modeling and engineering proposals are in process and may return to the finance committee for further funding and recommendation.
The commission voted to approve the memorandum of agreement with GDOT so the city can procure consultant services to develop design documents for the corridor.
