SOUTH FULTON, Ga. — South Fulton City Council has approved the next phase of a project to bring sidewalks to Old National Highway.
The council unanimously approved the project earlier this week.
A contract for the project was awarded to SD&C for a cost of no more than $4,175,667.60.
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But the Georgia Department of Transportation is partnering with the city and will provide 80% federal funding for the project for a total of $3,220,833.16.
The city will match the other 20% for $805,208.29.
“I am profoundly gratified to announce that the long-awaited infrastructure improvements our neighborhoods so urgently need are finally moving, and that we are fulfilling a promise to people who have waited too long for safe streets, modern utilities, and the dignified public spaces every resident deserves,” Councilwoman Natasha Williams-Brown said.
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The project will see sidewalks added along the busy street from Jonesboro Road to Flat Shoals Road.
There is no expected timeline for the project to be complete.
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