Imagine Downtown
Decatur
and Piedmont Streetscape Improvements
Work associated with
pedestrian improvements along Decatur Street
and
Piedmont Street will be conducted by
Georgia State University (GSU). These
two corridors were identified not only
by the City
Center 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;
- 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.
Three 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. The project is currently being designed by the landscape architecture firm EDAW. Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2005.
More Information
The GSU web site includes more
information on the Georgia
State University Campus Master Plan
“Decatur
and Piedmont Streetscapes in the
News”
For additional details about the
project contact Ramesh Vakamudi, GSU
Director of Planning at fmdrkv@gsu.edu.