2nd Round Of Hearings Set For North Druid Hills Corridor Plan

BROOKHAVEN, GA -- A second round of open houses for the North Druid Hills Road Corridor Study are being hosted by Brookhaven city officials. 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.

• Improve connectivity between the eastern and western parts of the city
• 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.

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