The $10 million check in the hands of state transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry shortly after it was presented by the Perimeter Center Community Improvement Districts. (John Ruch)
Traffic heading west on the Perimeter toward the new SunTrust Park in the distance from Sandy Springs' New Northside Drive interchange was lighter than a Friday rush hour norm. This photo was taken around 6 p.m., 90 minutes before game time. (Phil Mosier)
Ryan Gravel, the urban planner who came up with the Atlanta BeltLine concept, speaks at the Sandy Springs Conservancy "Thought Leaders" dinner March 30 at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter North. (John Ruch)
A traffic software simulation of what Abernathy Road would look like turned into an overpass over Roswell Road as presented at the Sandy Springs retreat.
Jill Goldberg, communications manager for the Georgia Department of Transportation, points to proposed locations for sound-blocking walls on a map of Ga. 400 at the project's Sandy Springs headquarters. (Photo John Ruch)
The rough plan for two tunnels (yellow arrows) and a side path (green arrow) in the forthcoming Abernathy Road/Ga. 400 diverging diamond interchange as shown on Joe Seconder's Bike Walk Dunwoody blog page.
Shoveling dirt for the I-285/Ga. 400 reconstruction groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 3 at the Concourse Center were (from left) state Rep. Tom Taylor; Jay Roberts, director of planning at the Georgia Department of Transportation; GDOT board vice-chair Jamie Boswell; Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Christopher Tomlinson; GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurry; Gov. Nathan Deal; GDOT board member Mark Burkhalter; state Sen. Fran Millar; GDOT board member Rudy Bowen; Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul; and Daniel Filer, vice president of business development at Ferrovial Agroman USA, one of main partners on the project's contractor team. (Photo John Ruch)
