GRTA
Presents Preliminary Results
of Northern Sub-Area Study
Day-Long Workshop to Discuss Implications of Region's Development Plans
ATLANTA
- How many neighbors will you have 25 years from now? How many
jobs will be near where you live? Will there be enough clean
water?
The
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority's (GRTA) Northern Sub-Area
Study (NSAS) Steering Committee will contemplate the answers to these
and similar questions at a workshop to be held on Thursday, January 23,
2003 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the GRTA offices, 245 Peachtree Center
Avenue, Suite 900, Atlanta.
There
are three basic alternatives guiding Atlanta's land use and
transportation future. The first is the plans of the various
communities and counties in the region. Second is the Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP), the 25-year guide for transportation
investments in the region. Third is the Regional Development Plan
(RDP), a set of principles that are intended to guide land use and
transportation efforts in the region.
There
are 1.3 million residents and almost 900,000 jobs in the Northern
Sub-Area. The NSAS is studying what might occur if the region,
bounded on the south by I-285, the north by Georgia 20, the west by I-75
and the east by I-85, were to develop over the next 25 years following
each of these guides. The workshop on the 23rd will focus on
further detailed analyses and evaluation of the alternatives divided
into 4 areas of concern: people, economics, the environment and
transportation. Later this year, the NSAS will present options for
implementing the projects each of these alternatives would require,
including suggestions for financing those projects.
The
study will provide the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and county and
city governments with three fully developed alternatives, along with
enhanced planning tools, for use in developing the 2030 RTP, and for
area jurisdictions' use in updating local transportation and development
plans.
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