Local brief
Truitt Street has no road. Council votes to retire it.
The 10–0 vote authorizes abandonment of the roughly 2,000-square-foot strip off White Oak Avenue SW. Existing utility easements would stay.
Atlanta City Council voted 10–0 on Nov. 2 to authorize abandoning Truitt Street SW—a street whose survey carries the blunt label “NO ROAD EXISTS.” The adoption of Ordinance 26-O-1534 is recorded in the city’s draft action minutes.[1][2]
The 20-foot-wide, roughly 2,000-square-foot right-of-way runs off White Oak Avenue SW. The ordinance places the unpaved “paper” street between city-owned 1151 White Oak Avenue SW and 1141 White Oak Avenue, which it identifies as Atlanta Land Trust property.[2]
Councilmember Antonio Lewis’s ordinance says the transportation commissioner concluded the strip is no longer useful or necessary as a public right-of-way. Abandonment would not erase existing public or private utility easements: those remain in effect for operating, maintaining or replacing utility facilities.[1][2]
The Council vote moves the measure beyond the 4–0 Transportation Committee recommendation we reported earlier. That committee action came Oct. 28, when the records also show a public hearing was held.[1][2]
The measure authorizes the mayor or a designee to abandon the right-of-way. It does not identify a buyer or specify a subsequent development for the land; Council’s vote should not be read as approval of a housing project or a completed property transfer.[1][2]
Sources
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Reporting history
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