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Northeast Trail-Segment 3
The future third segment of the Northeast Trail will consist of 2.4-miles of mainline trail from Buford Highway to MARTA Lindbergh Station. It will include connections to the Armour-Ottley commercial district, the PATH400 trail, and access points from public streets. The project will involve crossings of existing MARTA heavy rail, Norfolk Southern Railway freight rail, CSX freight rail, GDOT freeway, and Peachtree Creek.
This segment of the Atlanta Beltline is not currently open to the public as there is no existing unpaved trail for use.
Northeast Trail - Segment 3 will curve north after passing under MARTA tracks at Mayson Street. (Photo Credit: Erin Sintos)
Project Status
All real estate has been purchased, and the design is 100% complete. This is a huge milestone which ensures that the trail can be built! Unfortunately, USDOT has not yet executed our $25M discretionary grant agreement, which is preventing Beltline from advertising the project for construction bids. As a result, we have had to push our construction timeline out. Though we continue to coordinate and communicate with our city, regional, state, and federal partners, we do not yet know when we will see almost $25M in federal funding authorized by USDOT/FHWA for the project, so we do not know when we will be able to advertise but expect the solicitation to go out this calendar year. This is a long and complex project, one of the Beltline’s largest, and the expected construction duration is expected to be 42 months.
Project Timeline
July 2020: Approved GDOT Concept Report
July 2021: Locally Preferred Alternative announced
June 2023: Awarded a $25 million USDOT RAISE grant
May 2025: Design completed
Q2 2026: Current Expected Construction Start
Design & Construction Team
Design Team: Health + Lineback // Contractor: TBD