Decatur and Piedmont Streetscape Improvements

Work associated with pedestrian improvements along Decatur Street and Piedmont Street will be implemented by Georgia State University. These two corridors were identified not only by the City Center Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) study , but also the Georgia State Campus Master Plan as critical pedestrian corridors to enhance the character of its urban campus and the vicinity.

Planned improvements for the corridors include:

The replacement of existing concrete sidewalks and granite curbs;
The installation of streetscape elements such as street trees and landscaping, benches near street corners, pedestrian-scale lighting fixtures and incorporation of aesthetic sidewalk surface treatments;
A new median along Decatur Street;
An upgrade of pedestrian safety elements including crosswalk striping and pedestrian signals; and
Improvements to address the coexistence of automobile traffic and pedestrians, barriers that impede pedestrian flow and wayfinding.

$6.7 million dollars has been secured to implement these improvements along Decatur Street between Peachtree Street and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive and along Piedmont Avenue from the Georgia State MARTA rail station to John Wesley Dobbs Avenue. Design and engineering for the project was completed by EDAW.

For additional details about the project contact Russ Seagren, Director of Facilities Planning, Georgia State University at rseagren at gsu.edu.

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