Title: Cobb County Will Apply For ARC Grant To Develop Chattahoochee River Mixed-Use Trail
Author: Larry Felton Johnson
Publication: River Edges
Date: May 11, 2017
URL:
http://riveredges.com/2017/05/cobb-c...xed-use-trail/
First few sentences:
"The Cobb County Department of Transportation is taking the lead in a joint project to build a multi-use path along the Chattahoochee River. It would begin at Mableton Parkway, extend northward, cross the river near I-285, and continue northward in the City of Atlanta to a point near Peachtree Creek. It would also connect to another trail on Mableton Parkway which is planned to ultimately connect with the Silver Comet Trail at Floyd Road. The Cobb County board of commissioners voted unanimously to authorize a grant to the Atlanta Regional Commission to fund the initial study and reports necessary to begin planning. Cobb’s partners in the initiative are the City of Atlanta and the Trust for Public Land."
Here's a little background, since I wrote the article. Cobb County's DOT has been aggressively planning multi-use trails. Since most of my readership is in south Cobb there has been a lot of interest in pedestrian and cycling improvements in that part of the county. This is a dream project in a number of ways because it would ultimately connect the proposed park at the mouth of Nickajack Creek, with Smyrna and Peachtree Creek to the north, and Floyd Road and the Silver Comet trail to the west and north.