Thursday, January 29, 2009
News Congressman John Lewis asks AMTRAK to resolve Beltline dispute
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:36 PM
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, has requested AMTRAK President Joseph Boardman work with city and regional planners, officials and residents to resolve the "Decatur Belt" dispute between the federal agency, the Georgia Department of Transportation and Beltline officials.
Lewis says AMTRAK's actions "have the potential to unnecessarily disrupt one of the most important public benefit projects that the City of Atlanta has undertaken in recent memory." He adds that "these combined actions are not the model of a productive and healthy local, State and federal partnership with the shared goal of revitalizing transportation services in Metro Atlanta."
Download a PDF of the letter here.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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