1/26/2022 Update

Hi neighbors, we are getting questions about the ‘Road Work Ahead’ signs that are being installed on streets that connect to Moreland Ave. The GA Dept of Transportation (GDOT) has scheduled the repaving of Moreland Ave to start in April. The project will extend from Key Road (just below Starlight Drive-in) to Wade Street (at Edgewood Kroger).

The South Moreland Ave Working Group (SMAWG) has been in discussions with GDOT and ATLDOT for more than a year to incorporate safety features into this project. Moreland is very complicated because it is a state road, divides two counties, touches multiple NPU’s, City Council districts, neighborhoods, etc. SMAWG members are from SAND, EACA, Thomasville Heights, NPU-W, NPU-Z and work to speak with a unified voice on behalf of the directly impacted neighborhoods.

Some of the safety features being advocated include: reduce speeds, pedestrian crosswalks with safety islands and PHB’s (flashing lights to stop traffic), maintaining/replacing sidewalks, planted medians, restoring the curbs, replacing the Entrenchment Creek bridge, among others. The project is scheduled to finish by August (but, the Glenwood/Moreland realignment was to be completed last summer, so who knows).

How can you help? Please contact your City Council representative (Jason Winston jwinston@atlantaga.gov or Liliana Bakhtiari lbakhtiari@atlantaga.gov) and request they support the work of SMAWG with GDOT. None of these changes are a done deal and community input/support matters!