Construction Project Updates on Georgetown, Brook Run Trail

Construction progress has taken off over the past month for the two sections of the new Georgetown Park, an announcement said.

Immediately following the ceremonial groundbreaking the 16-acre area became an active construction site as crews worked on the central park square and the children’s playground. 

Georgetown Park’s central park square is taking shape as crews grade and level the space for the expansive lawn and will soon pour the concrete for the foundations of the event pavilion and the bathroom facilities.  The square will also house a pair of bocce courts and a custom art installation. Additional central park square construction preparations include pouring the adjoining concrete path eventually connecting to the Brook Run Park multi-use trail to create a 3.3 mile long trailway.

Crews have also graded and leveled the site of the children’s playground at Georgetown Park to make way for three separate play structures.  In the coming weeks work will center on cement curbing and foundations for the bathroom facilities adjacent to the playground.

Once complete, both sections of the new park will be available for community-wide use and serve as the anchor public park space portion of the Dunwoody Green planned redevelopment.  John Wieland Homes has established a presence on site to market the new home sites for Dunwoody Green, the planned collection of high-quality, owner-occupied new homes and townhomes to be interwoven with future retail development. 

Brook Run Park Multi-Use Trail

To date, crews have poured approximately 1,900 feet of concrete for the 12-foot wide multi-use trail, signifying completion of more than 50 percent of the trail’s Phase I.  Crews have poured concrete for the foundations of the bridge crossings constructed on the trail and plan to assemble the three wooden bridges at the crossings over the next several wee

Throughout the trail construction the City has consistently met all EPD requirements regarding erosion and sediment control.  These compliance measures strictly adhere to Georgia EPD regulations and follow careful conformity with the approved trail path construction documents. 

The City has surveyed the trail route for Phase II, a one mile, 12-foot wide multi-use concrete trail, which will connect with Phase I and complete an approximate 2 mile loop within the park.  The next step for Phase II of the trail consists of preliminary design work, which will take place throughout the rest of May and into June.

The City of Dunwoody is committed to encouraging and facilitating active citizen engagement and plans to hold an open house in June to outline plans, answer questions and receive public input for Phase II of the 12-foot wide concrete multi-use trail.  The City will advertise the planned open house meeting and notify the public once a date in June is established for the event. Throughout the Phase I & II multi-use trail  

 Sidewalk and Paving Improvement Projects

Work continues on several critical sidewalk projects as part of the City’s sidewalk improvement plan, created to provide an objective process to prioritize the City’s sidewalk projects.

The City has begun constructing the new sidewalk on Womack Road across from Dunwoody Elementary School and is in the process of constructing the retaining wall and remaining concrete sidewalk.

City crews will soon begin work on other planned sidewalk projects on Meadowlake Drive and sections of Valley View and Happy Hollow roads.  Project construction work over the next several weeks includes:

• New curb, gutter and stormwater drainage improvements for Happy Hollow Road; This project will result in a continuous sidewalk on one side for the full length of Happy Hollow
• Sidewalk clearing and grading work as well as retaining wall construction on Vermack Road near Mount Vernon
• Initial preparations for new sidewalks along the length of Meadowlake Drive

More sidewalk improvements are on the way as the City Council agreed to fund $300,000 for sidewalks on Hensley Drive and Mount Vernon Way and a future evaluation of pedestrian safety improvements in school zones. 

The Council also unanimously approved a contract for paving beginning in June. The City will repave roads according to its long-term paving schedule adopted by Council. 

Since 2009, the City has budgeted more than $1,499,000 in sidewalk improvements and $4,800,000 for repaving roads.  To date the City has paved more than 24.1 lane miles of roads, fixed 1,100 potholes on City streets and laid or repaired more than 4.07 miles of City sidewalks all within the 13.2 total square miles of the City’s boundaries.  This has been accomplished in a short timeframe with no tax increases.