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Announcement 4-10-03 "Blue Loop Traffic Plan"
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Effective Thursday to Sunday, April 10-13, 2003
Plan posted on APD web site (http://atlantapd.org).
Questions/concerns: call APD Command Center 404-853-7400
Following from email announcement from Councilmember Fauver’s office:
The Blue Loop restricts access to sections of Peachtree, 10th Street, Morningside and Ansley Park. But, if you live there, work there, are visiting or attending the Tour of Homes just tell the police at the intersection. Regardless of the media reports, this weekend you DO NOT need any permit for access.
The reason for the Blue Loop is to give the City back the residents and to limit cruising and loud noise. The first weekend will be the hardest but lets see if we can make it work.
The plan features a 15.5 mile traffic loop from Downtown through Midtown and continuing to Buckhead. The plan is expected to call for a complete departmental deployment with police off-day cancellations and mandatory 12-hour shifts.
MIDTOWN TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS
North on Piedmont Ave. through Downtown and Midtown to Buckhead - Continuing north to Roswell Rd.
From Piedmont Rd. and Roswell Rd/Habersham - south on Roswell Rd. to Peachtree Rd.
From Peachtree Rd. and Roswell - south on Peachtree to Spring Street.
From Peachtree and Spring St. - south on Spring Street to Centennial Olympic Park Drive and continuing south to Mangum/Mitchell St.
TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ALONG THE LOOP
Limited traffic on Peachtree - from Mitchell St. to 14th St. (buses, emergency vehicles, vehicles for hire, etc.
No neighborhood parking in east curb lane of Piedmont from Ponce de Leon to 14th Street
Limited access on 10th Street from Piedmont Avenue to Monroe Drive (residents, buses, emergency vehicles, official Dogwood Festival Parking at Grady High School)
Limited access off Piedmont to all streets west from 14th street to Monroe Drive (Ansley Park Residents only)
Limited access to eastbound Morningside Drive (Morningside residents only)
Limited access to GA 400 Buckhead Loop before traffic density shuts down Lenox Road and Peachtree and before traffic density overwhelms Phipps Plaza and Lenox Square Mall. Coordinated through Zone 2 Commander, Simon Mall Management and the Georgia DOT.
Limited traffic south on Peachtree from Spring to allow neighborhood and cultural district access.
TRAFFIC DIVERSION POINTS FOR TRAFFIC LOOP
From Piedmont and Baker/Highland: east on Highland to I-75/85 north on-ramp
From Piedmont and Monroe Drive: west on Monroe to I-85 connector north or south
From Piedmont and Cheshire Bridge: west to I-85 north on-ramp at Piedmont Circle
From Piedmont and Lindbergh: east on Lindbergh at I-85 north ramp (HOV)
From Piedmont and Sydney Marcus: east on Sydney Marcus to GA 400 north or to I-85 south via Buford Hwy or I-85 north via Cheshire Bridge Rd,
From Piedmont and Peachtree: continuing north on Piedmont to Buckhead Loop and then to GA 400 north or south
From Piedmont and Lenox: north on Peachtree Rd. (coordinated diversion with DeKalb County)
From Piedmont and Roswell Rd.: north on Roswell Rd. (coordinated diversion with Fulton County)
From Peachtree and Spring St." Limited diversion south on Peachtree to I-85 north ramp
From Spring and 14th: west on 14th to I-75 north ramp via Williams Street
From Spring and 10th: west on 10th to I-75 north ramp via Williams Street or to I-75/85 south ramp
Traffic relief and access to Dogwood Festival will be facilitated using Monroe Drive east to 10 th Street, Ponce de Leon and North Avenue. Ponce de Leon Avenue and North Avenue routes west to Piedmont Avenue back to the traffic loop.
East and westbound traffic in Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead will be allowed to cross Peachtree.
Wayfaring signage such as festival parking, resident only, resident lane designations, freeway access, hotel and venue lane designations will
Emergency No Parking Signs and No Stopping Signs will be posted in crucial areas along traffic thoroughfares (wrechers will be pre-staged to facilitate towing; a central lot at City Hall East has been established).
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