ATLANTA BRIDGE PROJECT CIRCUMVENTS CLEAN AIR RULING

Although federal funds for highway projects in the Atlanta metropolitan region have been shelved until the city can develop a transportation plan that meets Clean Air Act requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a brownfield redevelopment effort that includes a major bridge by including the proposal in the agency's Project XL demonstration program. A multiuse urban revitalization development project at the former Atlantic Steel site in downtown Atlanta could have been killed if a 600 ft (183 m) bridge leading to the site had not been approved. The EPA says the project will result in less air pollution than an equivalent amount of development at suburban sites and thus will also reduce urban sprawl. The new bridge, which will handle cars, pedestrians, bicycles, and eventually rail vehicles, would connect the site to Interstate 75/85 and the city's MARTA transit system.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18-19
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Bridges; Central business districts; Demonstration projects; Environmental policy; Regulations; Urban development; Urban renewal
• Identifier Terms: Clean Air Act; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Environment; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779673
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1999 12:00AM