N. McDonough Rail Crossing Rebuild Is Finally Underway
Decatur Metro | February 15, 2017 | 9:56 am
You’re Your teenage children were probably still in diapers when talk began about redesigning and rebuilding the N. McDonough rail intersection.
From Mayor Garrett’s recent email blast…
…work has begun on reconstruction of the North McDonough railroad crossing. Parts of the PATH Foundation’s Stone Mountain Trail have been demolished and will be replaced temporarily with compacted gravel during construction. The larger project, which includes rail crossings at both McDonough and Candler, will significantly improve accessibility and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, further encouraging those who live in Winnona Park, the McDonough-Adams-Kings Highway community, and other neighborhoods south of the CSX rail corridor to walk and bike into downtown Decatur.
More details can be found on the Decatur Extreme Makeover website.
I doubt it. Another misguided attempt that, actually, further endangers bicyclists.
How so?
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Reducing even more lanes on McDonough? During rush hour, the traffic will be backed up to Oakview.
How many projects can occur at the 2 RR intersections at one time? POOR PLANNING!!! Somebody STOP IT!!!!
Yeah, you dang bureaucrats stop using my tax dollars to improve infrastructure… Terrible…
Uh…the issue is not improving infrastructure, the issue is fixing it in a way that doesn’t lock down Decatur which only has a few arteries. Especially the few arteries going from the north side to the south side. It probably doesn’t impact you, so it’s easy to be dismissive.
There are five routes to cross the railroad within the city limits. This affects one of them. When this project is done, one other will be affected.
When this project is done there will be a permanent reduction in travel lanes across the tracks.
I wish the city would publish a graphic showing how the intersections will look once they are completed instead of engineering schematics. The schematics are helpful but confusing as well.
I agree. The lanes are going to be as they are now, with only a single lane crossing the tracks Southbound. The other southbound lane will remain right turn only on Howard.