Huzzah! I bet this news will make a lot of local residents and business owners happy.
The impact
The final stage of work on Phase 2 of the Downtown Decatur Storm Drainage Improvements project is expected to start on Wednesday, July 12. This includes milling, rebuilding, and repaving the streets in the project area, including North Candler Street, East Howard Avenue, and Barry Street.
The details
Phase 2 of the Downtown Decatur Storm Drainage Improvements includes replacement of undersized and deteriorated storm drainage facilities and will reduce or eliminate frequent flooding on private properties in the Old Decatur neighborhood. During construction, the work was expanded to include renewal of a failing sanitary sewer system in the same community. This project was originally planned almost 40 years ago, replaces some of the oldest infrastructure in metro Atlanta, and will complete major planned improvements to the upper Peavine section of the downtown drainage system. Construction commenced in July, 2016, and was expected to take up to 12 months.
How to manage
Vehicular access will be limited and on-street parking will not be available on the affected streets during the work. Pedestrian access will remain open throughout the project area. The street and paving improvements are expected to take about 2 weeks, weather permitting.
The work area is shown below. Click for larger view.
I wonder if the hot dog guy will come back. So glad to have finally gotten to this stage.
By all accounts, he is. And it just so happens that he’s getting a tree on the new sidewalk out front. Let the patio shading begin.
Assuming Ammazza is still in the works as well?
Ammazza was supposed to open almost a year ago. This project has taken forever.
It really has. I’m sure there’s more to it than I know, but it seems like every project I see around town now is taking longer than I assume it should. The walkway in front of the high school on McDonough seems like that has dragged on forever. How long does it really take to complete something like that?
I certainly hope Doggy Dog was financially assisted in some way by the city. They’ve lost I don’t know how much revenue because of this project. Can’t wait for Ammazza to open too.
Selfishly, I just want to be able to take a left there to get home after getting my blizzard at DQ.