Brookhaven announces $13.6 million Greenway award, plans ADA sidewalks and EV police vehicles

Brookhaven officials on May 26 announced a $13,600,000 award to support the city’s Greenway project and described related infrastructure work and small‑fleet electrification funded through recent grants.

The strategic partnerships director told the council the Greenway award will be formalized in an agreement in the coming months and that the city is closing an EE (Energy Efficiency) grant that delivered two electric police vehicles. The director also said the city will release an invitation to bid this week for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) ADA sidewalk program that will fund work on Buford Highway.

Why it matters: the Greenway is a multi‑year capital project intended to expand off‑street pedestrian and bicycle connections; the CDBG sidewalk funds cover an existing two‑year allocation and are expected to support concentrated ADA improvements in a corridor with high pedestrian demand. The announcement signals both near‑term procurement activity and an upcoming capital agreement that will allocate the award money.

Council members praised the news but did not take a formal vote during the work session. City staff said the Greenway agreement will be presented to the council for approval in the coming months and that the sidewalk ITB is for the 2024–25 CDBG allocation.

Details and next steps: the strategic partnerships update noted that the Greenway agreement will arrive “in a couple of months,” the ADA sidewalk ITB will be issued this week, and the energy‑efficiency grant is in the final closeout phase after delivering two electric police vehicles. Staff also said World Cup staffing grant coordination is underway and that Human Resources built systems to accelerate fund deployment.

The council did not debate the Greenway award during the session; staff will return with the agreement and procurement documents for formal action.