MARTA’s Five Points station in Downtown might be getting a soccer field. According to Creative Loafing, the transit agency is partnering with Soccer in the Streets, a nonprofit that works to connect youth with the game, to build a pitch in the station’s empty westside plaza. The field would be roughly 66 feet wide and 99 feet long. With soccer fever at an all time high in the city with Atlanta United coming next year, the pitch might become a new destination for youth and those who want a five-on-five game during their lunch break.
Drivers on the Downtown Connector can expect heavy traffic overnight for road repairs beginning Monday, according to the AJC. For nearly two weeks, the ramps along the Downtown Connector will close for a 6-mile resurfacing project from University Avenue to the Brookwood interchange. Resurfacing work is expected to take place each night beginning at 9 p.m. Monday. The project is expected to end at 8 a.m. Aug. 6.
Cablik Enterprises is building a townhome community just across the street from the Edgewood-Candler Park MARTA station, according to Curbed Atlanta. The 1-acre lot on LaFrance Street was approved for 18 townhomes in December, records show.
