Public encouraged to weigh in on future of North Druid Hills Road corridor at second round of public open houses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Brookhaven, GA, Feb. 21, 2019 – All those who live, work, and travel along North Druid Hills Road are encouraged to weigh in on the future of the busy corridor at two upcoming open houses hosted by the City of Brookhaven.

This is the second round of open houses for the North Druid Hills Road Corridor Study. Identical public open houses will be held on Monday, March 11, and Thursday, March 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. The first open house on March 11 will be held at City Hall Council Chambers (4362 Peachtree Rd. NE – 3rd Floor), and the second open house on March 14 will be held at the Briarwood Recreation Center (2235 Briarwood Way NE). The meetings will be open-house style and there will be no formal presentation. People are invited to attend either meeting at any time between 6 and 8 p.m. The material presented at the two open houses will be identical, and will include refinements to the preliminary recommendations that were presented at the first round of open houses in January, such as intersection improvements, lane configurations, and enhanced facilities for people walking, biking, and using transit.

“North Druid Hills Road is one of Brookhaven’s vital arteries, and the City would like to get input from everyone for this important study,” said Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst. “We made great progress with the first round of public meetings, and residents still have time to get involved by attending the second round.”

The North Druid Hills Road Corridor Study is a visioning process that will develop a general consensus for a range of short-, mid-, and long-term options to improve traffic operations, safety, and multimodal connectivity for the North Druid Hills Road corridor.  The study will be completed simultaneously with the traffic analysis associated with the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and I-85/North Druid Hills Road interchange improvement.

The study objectives are to:

• Improve connectivity between the eastern and western parts of the City of Brookhaven and facilitate north-south travel along North Druid Hills Road.
• Improve biking and walking conditions along the corridor.
• Enhance access to key destinations and expand options for how to reach those locations, including on foot, by bike, and by transit, as well as by car.
• Improve the efficiency of traveling along North Druid Hills Road while accommodating anticipated future traffic levels.
• Improve traffic operations at key intersections along the corridor.
• Accommodate changes in traffic patterns from DeKalb County School redistricting.

This project began in July 2018 and is expected to be completed in April 2019. A first round of public open houses was held in January 2019 to present preliminary recommendations. More than 100 people attended the two meetings. Since that time, revisions have been made to preliminary recommendations based upon input from the Mayor and Council as well as community members. For more information, visit the project page on the City's website at www.BrookhavenGa.gov/NDruidHills.