GDOT: No Peachtree Road Bike Lanes

The Georgia Department of Transportation has nixed plans to include bike lanes in its project to improve safety and traffic flow on a segment of Peachtree Road, the department announced Friday.

“This is the public involvement process at work,” said GDOT Chief Engineer Meg Pirkle in a statement. “Throughout the planning and development of this project, we have consistently looked for meaningful ways to engage the public; to listen to the concerns and ideas of various audiences; and to make sure that their input and comments were properly reflected.“

GDOT’s plans for Peachtree Road between Deering and Pharr roads include the construction of continuous two way left turn lanes, left turn lanes at intersections, and traffic signal modifications and timing adjustments, the department statement said.

A proposal to include bike lanes between Deering Road and Peachtree Battle Avenue were dropped when the community largely opposed the measure.

The Buckhead Coalition advised against the bike lanes after a majority of its members said they didn’t want them.

There will be three lanes northbound, two lanes southbound, and a center turn lane from Deering Road north to a likely transition point at Peachtree Battle, according to GDOT.

There will be three lanes southbound, two lanes northbound, and a center turn lane up to Pharr Road, GDOT said. Each intersection will now have a dedicated left turn lane.

GODT received some 2,000 comments on the proposal, with roughly 70 percent of them against adding bike lanes, the department said in its release.

Construction on Peachtree Road will begin in fall of next year, GDOT said.