DECEMBER 14-31, 2018 • VOL. 12 — NO. 25
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City funding shortfalls threaten trail, road projects
BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
PHOTO BY PHIL MOSIER
Livable Buckhead staff members Scott Cantrell, left, and Kip Dunlap stroll on a future segment of the PATH400 multiuse trail along Ga. 400 during a Nov. 30 tour of the construction site led by Denise Starling, the nonprofit’s executive director. The overall PATH400 project may lose $11.7 million in funding due to city funding shortfalls, Starling said.
OUT & ABOUT Bring on the holidays with ‘Candlelight Nights’
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I believe that when our airwaves are filled with holiday music, we are all bolstered with a little jolt of brotherhood. ROBIN’S NEST
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The PATH400 trail and three significant road improvements are among the Buckhead projects that could be jeopardized by unexpected funding shortfalls — to the tune of roughly $410 million — in the Renew Atlanta and TSPLOST programs. The city is starting up a process to prioritize such projects, including via an online survey available through Dec. 31 at renewatlantabond.com/prioritization. Meanwhile, officials with Livable Buckhead and the Buckhead ComSee CITY on page 23
Two senior complexes plan major expansions BY JOHN RUCH johnruch@reporternewspapers.net
Two of Buckhead’s biggest senior residential complexes aim to get even bigger along their section of Peachtree Road near the Brookhaven border. Canterbury Court and Lenbrook currently have hundreds of residents living in their respective tower complexes, which face each other across Peachtree between Club Drive and Kingsboro Road. Lenbrook’s $100 million expansion is already approved by the city and See TWO on page 22