Amen!

Especially since it is by businesses, a main walkway to downtown, and by a university. The Agnes Scott crossover isn't wheelchair accessible, and neither is this area. We can and should do better in Decatur.

Attached are plans showing how the Candler and McDonough railroad crossings will be re-configured when the improvements are completed and which illustrate proposed pedestrian and vehicular traffic at both crossings.

The goal of this project is to make the railroad crossings at Candler and McDonough accessible and safe for pedestrians and bicyclists and to encourage persons who live in Winnona Park, the McDonough-Adams-Kings Highway community and other neighborhoods south of the CSX rail corridor to walk and bike into downtown Decatur.

This project will also provide a gentler slope on the north side of both crossings providing an accessible path for persons in wheelchairs as well as a much safer route located outside the railroad crossing gates for pedestrians and bicyclists. Presently, pedestrians and bicyclists have to share the roadway at these crossings with vehicles.

Both crossings will include new traffic signals which will allow protected left turns on all legs of the 2 crossings. This in itself will improve the flow of traffic at these intersections.

We have just received final approval from the Department of Transportation for the project and anticipate construction starting this summer.

Thank you for the comments.

If you have further questions, I can be reached at 404-377-5571. David

Attached is a plan sheet for the proposed improvements.

Plan sheet #2.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for fixing this issue!