Atlanta, GA
Changes coming soon to DeKalb Avenue
DeKalb Avenue to get security fixes
Adjustments are coming to DeKalb Avenue after a number of complaints about unsafe situations.
ATLANTA – Town of Atlanta is planning to repair DeKalb Avenue after a number of complaints about crashes and unsafe highway situations.
It’s a main thoroughfare from DeKalb County into Downtown Atlanta.
There are an odd variety of lanes, together with a reversible lane working down the center.
The highway has confused drivers and at numerous instances, the visitors indicators malfunction.
Accidents have piled up. In a single case, a driver who thought she was making a correct flip struck a motorcyclist. The biker was killed.
Town lawyer advised Atlanta Metropolis Council members they need to settle with the household of the 40-year-old educator who died. Town did simply that. The settlement is in extra of $3 million.
Atlanta Transportation Commissioner Solomon Caviness advised the native lawmakers that reversible lane will likely be faraway from Jackson Avenue to Oxford Place.
DeKalb Avenue neighbors can discover out extra on March 9. There will likely be an data city corridor at Israel Baptist Church at 5:30 within the night.