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Committee backs abandoning Truitt Street, where no road exists
The 4–0 recommendation puts the roughly 2,000-square-foot White Oak Avenue right-of-way before Council Nov. 2. Existing utility easements would stay.
Current coverage updates this story. Truitt Street has no road. Council votes to retire it. →
The paper-street proposal we previewed in October has won a committee recommendation—but not final approval. Atlanta’s Transportation Committee voted 4–0 on Oct. 28 to recommend abandoning Truitt Street SW. Full Council consideration is scheduled for Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.[1]
The city’s survey labels the 20-foot-wide, roughly 2,000-square-foot strip off White Oak Avenue SW with a blunt note: “NO ROAD EXISTS.” The ordinance describes it as an unpaved “paper” street between city-owned 1151 White Oak Avenue SW and 1141 White Oak Avenue, which the ordinance identifies as Atlanta Land Trust property.[1]
Councilmember Antonio Lewis’s proposal says the transportation commissioner considers the right-of-way no longer useful or necessary for public use. The Council packet also records a public hearing held Oct. 28.[1][2]
Abandonment would remove the strip’s public-street status, not erase existing utility easements. Public or private utility easements would remain for operating, maintaining or replacing utility facilities. The ordinance does not identify a buyer or a future development for the land.[1]
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Truitt Street has no road. Council votes to retire it.
Published after this articleThis Atlanta street has no road. The city may retire it.