Atlanta mayors office announces investments in water, road infrastructure WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — As part of Mayor Andre Dickens’ Moving Atlanta Forward agenda, the mayor’s office announced two investments would be made into the city’s infrastructure.

According to the mayor’s office, the City Built for the Future pillar of the MAF agenda will be getting investments in water infrastructure and roadwork in southwest Atlanta.

The projects include roughly $47 million to pay for the replacement of pumps at the Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plant and for the completion of the Fairburn Road Complete Street Project, which spans from Fairburn Road at the edge of city limits to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.

City officials said the roadwork includes resurfacing, creating of share-use paths, bicycle lanes, curbs and sidewalks, signal and intersection upgrades, landscaping and water drainage improvements. The road investment will cost $33.2 million.

For the water infrastructure, the four pumps mentioned will be replaced at the treatment plant, plus upgrades to …