Buckhead Receives $10 Million in Federal Funding for ‘Safe Streets’ Project on Lenox Road

The Buckhead Community Improvement District (CID) has been awarded a $10 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for an elevated pedestrian and bicycle bridge across Lenox Road and GA 400.

The project 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 bridge will connect to PATH400 and serve as a gateway to the planned highway-capping park.

“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.”

The bridge will serve as a gateway to the planned highway-capping park, HUB404, providing easy access throughout the Buckhead 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.”

Buckhead CID 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.

Durrett urged Buckhead supporters to donate to HUB404 Conservancy, the organization created in 2020 to collect charitable donations to the project.“

A significant gathering place for the community to come together is necessary for the continued vibrancy, even viability, of Buckhead as an important activity center in a growing Atlanta,” Durrett said to the Saporta Report, noting he is actively working on another exciting element to make this park a reality sooner than we believed possible.