The Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID) has been awarded a $10 million federal grant for an elevated pedestrian and bicycle bridge across Lenox Road where it intersects GA 400.
The work is part of the Lenox Road Complete Safe Street project which will create a 1.25-mile pedestrian-friendly corridor between the Lenox MARTA station and Piedmont Road.
The grant is from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.
“We are very grateful to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Georgia congressional delegation for their support,” said Jim Durrett, executive director of BCID and president of the Buckhead Coalition. “The Safe Streets and Roads for All funding is essential to help us transform this section of Lenox Road and provide safe, easy access for pedestrians and cyclists to reach the Buckhead and Lenox MARTA stations and many other locations in the Buckhead core.”
Lenox Road Complete Safe Street Section III, an approximately $40 million project, will improve connectivity and pedestrian safety by adding a shared-use bridge for bicycles and pedestrians along the south side of Lenox Road.
The bridge will connect to PATH400 and also serve as a gateway to the planned highway-capping park, HUB404, giving people on foot and bike easy access to points of interest throughout the community.
“The Lenox Road Complete Safe Street project is an exciting step forward in the CID’s ongoing work to create a more connected Buckhead,” said Thad Ellis, chairman of BCID. “Making a major highway intersection safe and accessible for pedestrians and cyclists is no small task, and we are thankful to the partners who are helping us meet the challenge.”
BCID is partnering with the City of Atlanta and Georgia Department of Transportation to construct the 0.62-mile shared-use path and elevated pedestrian and bicycle bridge for Lenox Road Complete Safe Street Section III.
The Atlanta City Council voted at its Sept. 3 meeting to approve a $415,000 donation to HUB404 Conservancy, the nonprofit fundraising organization working with BCID. The funding is for the development of bike and pedestrian bridges as part of the Lenox Road Safe Street project.
Funding for HUB404 is expected to come from private and public funds, including state, local and federal sources. Last year, the project received $750,000 in federal funding.
Engineering design is projected to be completed by August 2025 with construction estimated to begin following public bidding in October 2025. BCID and GDOT anticipate project completion by January 2028.
This story has been updated with information about the Atlanta City Council’s vote at its Sept. 3 meeting to approve a $415,000 donation toward the project.