Ellis Street repaved as part of downtown Augusta’s revitalization

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Ellis Avenue runs parallel to Broad Avenue, and enterprise house owners say it’s getting some much-needed consideration.

Right here’s a take a look at the progress and the way it performs into downtown growth.

Ellis Avenue is often generally known as a service highway for a lot of companies off Broad Avenue. It seems totally different now, and there are extra modifications to come back.

“It seemed horrible. There have been potholes you can tear your automotive up taking place Ellis Avenue,” Brad Usry, proprietor of Southern Salad, Broad Avenue.

Usry’s enterprise was affected due to the restricted area on Ellis Avenue for deliveries. Now he says there may be extra space, and the road seems higher.

“Simply extra enticing and simpler to make use of it. Whenever you begin paving roads and cleansing up roads and creating lights, this assist eliminates a few of the issues,” stated Usry.

District 1 Commissioner Jordan Johnson says this venture is way wanted, and that is just the start of enhancements within the downtown space.

“You don’t need to have good lodges and eateries backing into Ellis Avenue space, and folks depart to go residence and have automotive harm,” he stated. “We need to be sure that downtown Augusta is a gorgeous place for people to come back and luxuriate in.”

The pavement will proceed all through the downtown space, and there are plans to handle lots of the blighted properties on Broad Avenue.

Johnson says the spotlight for downtown would be the upcoming transportation funding act venture which can utterly rework the downtown hall.

“Improve sidewalks, repave our roads, take away a few of the timber within the space, change our parking construction. On the finish of the day, we wish a downtown that will probably be an attraction. These initiatives will get us in that path,” stated Johnson.

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