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Hallelujah! As year ends, almost all Beltline is under construction or open Josh Green Tue, 12/24/2024 - 11:02 For anyone who’s been patronizing the Atlanta Beltline, reporting on it, or just generally following along for the past decade and a half (hand raised), a year-end statistic that’s being promoted by the Atlanta Beltline Partnership could be both shocking and deeply satisfying:

Right now, 85 percent of the Beltline’s mainline trail—that storied 22-mile loop—is either open to the public or actively under construction.

Beltline leaders were saying as far back as fall 2023, if not earlier, those progress statistics would be reality come the end of 2024. They were correct, at least by their own estimates.

How’d this come to be?

Like every year from the pandemic on, the Beltline opened key sections of trail in 2024, such as almost half of Westside Trail Segment 4 and the immediate hit among walkers, joggers, and cyclists that was the Northeast Trail’s full connection through Piedmont Park.

The latest Beltline Northeast Trail section to open, in relation to Piedmont Park’s dog park. Photo by LoKnows Drones; courtesy of Atlanta Beltline Inc.

Meanwhile, significant groundbreakings in 2024 included the first Beltline segment between Lindbergh and Peachtree Street (with a sweet suspension bridge) and the Southside Trail’s final, nearly 2-mile section to see construction. The latter will be a crucial link between eastern and western sections of the city south of Interstate 20.

Looking ahead to the new year, 2025 is scheduled to see:

The full opening of Westside Trail Segment 4 (springtime);
The debut of Southside Trail Segments 4 and 5 between Glenwood Park/Grant Park and Boulevard (sometime next fall—delayed by “underground utility challenges”);
Opening of Northwest Trail Segment 5, a .7-mile section extending toward Buckhead from Marietta Boulevard and Huff Road (next fall);
Groundbreaking for the proposed “jewel” that Westview’s versatile, 8-acre Enota Park project could become (first quarter 2025).

What else, dear Atlantans, are you looking forward to as the calendar flips to a fresh year?

Progress on the 22-mile, multipurpose trail corridor and related projects as of November. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

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