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Friday, September 03, 2010
029 - Georgia Railroad - Rail to Trails
Project Sponsor:
Leisure Services
Type:
Parks and Recreation
Budget:
Fiscal Period
Amount
FY 2006 (Tier 1)
$650,000
FY 2007 (Tier 2)
$353,423
FY 2008 (Tier 3)
$2,543,771
FY 2009 (Tier 4)
$627,872
FY 2010 (Tier 5)
$6,480
Total for this Project
$4,181,546
Project Statement:
Construct a trail for pedestrian and other non-motorized transportation on the recently abandoned 1.2 mile segment of the historic Georgia Railroad corridor between East Broad Street and Old Winterville Road/Athens Perimeter. This project would include the right of way acquisition, engineering, design and construction of a 14-foot wide asphalt trail and includes the construction or reconstruction of three bridges along the rail to trail corridor.
Project Manager:
Doster, Derek
Phase:
Design
Status:
8/19/2010
The Rail-to-Trails Project is currently divided into two separate trail segments as follows: 1. “Segment 1” is the segment of the trail that extends from East Broad Street to Wilkerson Street. On September 4, 2007, the Mayor and Commission approved the Project Concept. The land acquisition for Segment 1 is partially funded by a Federal Transit Authority (FTA) grant with the remaining portion from SPLOST 2005 funds. The required environmental clearance and real-estate land appraisal review was received from the FTA, and land acquisition by the Unified Government was completed on June 30, 2009. On July 6, 2010, Mayor and Commission approved preliminary plans for a trail head in conjunction with the FTA grant. Trail Head construction is scheduled for completion by October 2010. 2. “Segment 2” is the segment of the trail that extends from Wilkerson Street to Old Winterville Road. On September 4, 2007, the Mayor and Commission approved the Project Concept. On November 6, 2007, the Mayor and Commission awarded a design services contract to O'Brien & Gere for Segments 1 and 2. Project Concept report was approved by GDOT on February 27, 2009. Survey and environmental assessments are in progress. On August 3, 2010, the Mayor and Commission approved the Preliminary Plans. Final environmental assessments are in progress with additional Design in progress as per the GDOT/FHWA Plan Development Process.
Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
2010
