5th Avenue River District / Arts District

Project ID:

2017 SPLOST

Project Type:

Capital Project

Project Status:

Underway

Reconfigure and reconstruct street and sidewalks of the Arts District adding a variety of streetscape elements to create a unique gateway to Downtown from the west and expand the character of the Broad Street experience to the area on the west side of the Oostanaula River.

Improvements to include streetscape, right-of-way acquisition, and utility improvements.

Status Updates

10.21.2025 - Project broken into three phases. Utility work to go from aerial to underground has been underway and all conduit has been installed. The improvements along West 3rd in front of the NOVA project are complete and new pedestrian scale streetlights are being installed currently. Along 5th Avenue, pedestrian crosswalks and pedestrian signals have been installed.

4.14.2022 - GMC was engaged to do the project conceptual planning. Initial concepts were unveiled at a public input gathering session in September 2020. Pond & Company are working to complete the engineering and documents.

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