Kathleen sends along this pic of her two girls standing in front of the start of construction to install the new trailers/learning cottages/portables at Renfroe Middle School.

Back in February it was reported that Renfroe would need between 10 and 13 new portable classrooms for the coming school year and that all 30 new trailers would be installed by July.

Trinity Triangle, Trinity Place, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Jan)

Check out this new rendering of the Trinity Triangle development that we discovered on ColeJenest & Stone website.  ColeJenest & Stone are providing civil engineering and landscape architecture services for the project.

They also recently sent us an interesting, aerial view of the project [see below] via Twitter and said…

Construction progressing at Decatur’s Trinity Triangle & should be completed by end of year

From the Decatur Minute…

As many are aware, bike and pedestrian access along the PATH trail along E. Howard has been rerouted for the last couple of months due to construction at the Trinity Triangle site.  At this time, the City of Decatur is pleased to announce that bike and pedestrian access will be restored to this corridor with a new crossing on E. Trinity Place.

Here’s how it works:  The new crossing is located between the construction site (west) and the triangle where N. Candler Street meets E. Howard (east). Look for the pedestrian crossing beacon and the street paint. Cyclists and pedestrians traveling east on the PATH  Trail or north across E. College Avenue may now cross E. Trinity Place at a new temporary crossing. Cyclists and pedestrians traveling west across E. Trinity Place may now safely make their way across E. College Avenue or west on the PATH Trail.

Be careful! The crossing is well marked, but since it is a new location a bit closer to the railroad crossing, all cyclists, pedestrians and motorists should exercise caution.

The Decatur Police Department and Public Works Department will monitor use of the crossing. Updates will be provided as the project continues. This bike and pedestrian access is considered temporary because use of the new sidewalk is subject to construction phasing at the Trinity Triangle site through 2015.

For more information contact  Design, Environment & Construction Division Director John Maximuk at .

As some of you have already mentioned, the closure of East Howard between Church and McDonough will affect Safe Routes to School.  Here’s CSD’s release and a map above …

Construction on the Trinity Triangle project will impact Safe Routes to School. 

From the City of Decatur Design, Environment & Construction Division:

Trinity Triangle: Bike-Ped-Car Changes for September 29, 2014 until (possibly) Spring 2016.
Construction at Trinity and E. Howard will begin in full on Monday, September 29.

Here is what travelers need to know:

• E. Howard will be closed for bike-ped-car traffic including the PATH trail for an 18-24 month period starting this weekend.
• In addition, there will be no sidewalk service on the south side of Trinity Street between Church Street and E. Howard Avenue. For this reason, there will be no mid-block crossing on Trinity.

Alternate routes will be posted on the street this weekend. Here is a snapshot of those alternate routes:

• The alternate PATH bike route will be on Church Street and Sycamore Street.
• The alternate pedestrian routes for the E. Howard will be on Church Street and E. College Street.
  Please direct any questions to:

JOHN MAXIMUK, AICP
Director
City of Decatur Public Works Department
Design, Environment & Construction Division
(office) 678.553.6570
[email protected]
2635 Talley Street, P.O. Box 220, Decatur, GA 30031

How was the commute this morning?

From the Decatur Minute regarding overnight construction next Monday July 7th…

The City of Decatur has approved a one-time only permit for the Alexan to carry out overnight construction at its site near 160 Clairemont and Commerce Dr. The developer is in the process of relocating an 8” public water main located on Montgomery St. In order to abandon the existing water line and transfer to the new line, water will need to be turned off for four to five hours. This will disrupt the water flow to the nearby buildings.
In order to minimize the inconvenience to the adjacent buildings, DeKalb County has suggested this work take place in the evening, starting at approximately 11:00 p.m. As part of the work, the new water line will be filled with water, chlorinated and flushed prior to the switchover, which should help with any sediment or air gaps in the water line. For questions, please contact John Maximuk, [email protected] , 678-710-5165.

The Decatur City Commission voted last week to split up the DeVry property along Arcadia Ave into three separate parcels.  Now Decaturish reports the site will undergo renovation starting next week.  According to the site…

“The building as it is right now will stay and the entire interior will be renovated and the outside will be improved,” [Harvey] Rudy [ a managing principal with GP-Govt. Properties I, LLC] said.

When the renovation is complete, it will be 83,000 square feet of office space that will house dental offices, a women’s clinic and a radiology clinic.

More info over at Decaturish.