15th Street safety plan returns at $2.56 million after earlier agreement went unexecuted

Atlanta transportation officials are seeking a $2,555,846 construction agreement with Midtown Alliance for improvements to 15th Street—$655,846 more than an agreement the city authorized in 2024 but never executed, according to the proposed resolution.⁠[1]

The 15th Street Safe Street Corridor project would add bicycle lanes, improve pedestrian crossings and accessibility, and resurface the roadway between West Peachtree Street NW and Piedmont Avenue NE. The resolution describes the route as an answer to a need identified in city and Midtown transportation plans: a safe east-west connection in northern Midtown for bicycles, e-scooters and other personal mobility options.⁠[1]

The higher agreement ceiling incorporates $655,846 in development impact fees already included for the project in the city's capital improvements plan. That would bring the proposed agreement above the earlier $1.9 million authorization.⁠[1]

The Transportation Committee is scheduled to consider Resolution 26-R-4416 on Monday, November 9, at 10 a.m. in City Hall's Larry M. Dingle Committee Room. The packet lists full City Council consideration as pending for November 16.⁠[1]

The resolution does not explain why the 2024 agreement was not executed. And approval of the new authorization would not itself finalize the deal: its terms say the agreement becomes binding only after the mayor or a designee signs it, the municipal clerk attests to it, and it is delivered to Midtown Alliance.⁠[1]