Star Metals Offices, a new office building, and the mixed-use district that is Interlock’s first phase have also come together in the same area.Įxactly what a modified Howell Mill Road could look like isn’t yet clear. Meanwhile, since 2018, more than 1,100 apartments and townhomes have delivered in the blocks between 14th and 10th streets alone, with hundreds more in the pipeline. Google Mapsĭespite a surge of private development, the three-lane roadway snaking through neighborhoods such as Home Park and Marietta Street Artery has been mostly unchanged in recent years, apart from a few new crosswalks. “I look forward to seeing Howell Mill transform into a more efficient, pedestrian and cyclist-friendly corridor.”Įxamples of development that's made the three-lane Howell Mill Road corridor a denser and livelier place in recent years, as the roadway remains largely unchanged. Since being elected in 2017, “getting the Howell Mill Complete Street Project fully funded and to the construction phase has been one of my highest transportation priorities,” Hillis’ statement reads. The goal? To see large capital project completed in the city within 12 to 18 months of contracts being awarded.
Until this week, it still hadn’t been fully funded.įollowing the council’s unanimous decision, District 9 councilmember Dustin Hillis released a statement noting the city will be piloting an incentive program with the Howell Mill project. The Complete Streets overhaul of Howell Mill was once expected to begin in 2017-adding bike lanes, upgraded sidewalks and bus stops, fresh pavement, and new turn lanes-but was later axed from Renew Atlanta’s $250 million project list. The Atlanta City Council approved legislation this week that authorizes $21.5 million for the Atlanta Department of Transportation to move forward with selecting contractors to build out the Howell Mill Complete Street Project.
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“But we’re up for that challenge we take it.After years of talk and planning but very little change, a Complete Street initiative that could make one of Atlanta’s most rapidly developing corridors friendlier to non-motorists and more efficient overall has received full funding, according to city officials. “We’ve got a big challenge with Hyundai coming up,” said Hulme. Labor advocates are concerned with the company’s history of violating workers’ rights and use of child labor at a Hyundai subsidiary factory in Alabama. Hyundai is constructing a plant near Georgia’s coast that seeks to bring more electric vehicle manufacturing to the south. Recently, labor union advocates from Alabama and Georgia sent a letter to Hyundai to negotiate a community benefits agreement that would enshrine better protections for their workers. Some experts say that the lack of union influence is a major selling point for attracting businesses and manufacturing plants here. One big reason union membership has lagged is that Georgia is a right-to-work state, meaning that workers do not have to join a union as a condition of employment. Bureau of Labor Statistics, that is nearly 6% lower than the national average. “Workers are trying to find ways to lock in whatever gains they’ve sort of had over the last couple of years.”ĭespite recent union wins, the state ranks eighth-lowest in the U.S. “In the post-pandemic era, we had tight labor markets for the first time in over a decade since the financial crisis,” he said. Ian Scmutte, a labor economist with the University of Georgia, says that the influx we see in union influence here is a combination of social and economic pressures.
Earlier this year, Atlanta Teamsters members picketed UPS in a fight for fairer wages and working conditions.
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