Current activities:

(September 2024) Georgetown Gateway reached substantial completion milestone. Contractor is working on punch list items to achieve final acceptance.  

(August 2024) Completed all concrete driveways and all pedestrian signals. Items to be completed prior to the substantial completion inspection on August 15 include finishing the pavement marking, street signs and remaining ground cover. 

(July 2024) Final striping is scheduled to begin on July 11. The new signals are activated at Cotillion Drive and Dunwoody Park intersection signals are completed, and the remaining pedestrian signal poles at Dunwoody Park and Cotillion Dr intersections are near completion. 

(June 2024) Final paving began in early June on Chamblee Dunwoody Road for the Georgetown Gateway project. Paving will include the bridge over I-285 north to Chateau Drive, and crews will switch to night work beginning Sunday, June 16. Paving crews will be onsite from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. They expect to complete the work by Thursday, June 20. In addition, the contractor completed 1,000 feet of curb 130 feet of path. 

(May 2024) The contractor completed 380 feet of sidewalk and 400 feet of path. In May, the final sections of the sidewalk and path will be completed, and the new Cotillion signal will be turned on. The paving and punch list work is planned for June.

(April 2024) The contractor has reached an important milestone with the completion of all stormwater pipelines. Other recent activities included installing 340 feet of curb, 90 feet of sidewalk and 7 trees. In April, the remaining curb and sidewalk will be completed, weather permitting.

Big picture:

The Chamblee Dunwoody Georgetown Gateway Project seeks to create a more welcoming environment for pedestrians and bicycles, and serve as a signature gateway for one of the primary entrances into Dunwoody. The project entails extending the Dunwoody Trailway in both directions along Chamblee Dunwoody Road from Georgetown Park and creating a consistent streetscape that will enhance the visual appeal, walkability, and safety of the corridor. The streetscape will include street trees, pedestrian lighting, and wider sidewalks.

The proposed improvements were first identified in the Georgetown-North Shallowford Master Plan. The project  extends along Chamblee Dunwoody from I-285 to just south of the North Shallowford Road intersection. This segment of Chamblee Dunwoody Road is an important corridor for thousands of Dunwoody residents and provides access to over 13,000 vehicles travel each day. This project will provide non-motorized connectivity between the neighborhoods and nearby public parks and commercial amenities located along this corridor. 

Utility Relocation

This project requires several utility companies to relocate underground and overhead utilities. These relocations began in in 2021 and will be completed in 2023. Upgrades to the gas main and water main along Chamblee Dunwoody Road were completed  in 2022.

History

Public information meetings were held in December 2014. Based on comments received from the public and city council members, Alternate C was used as the basis of the final design. This plan provides a 12' wide multiuse trail on one side of the roadway and a wide sidewalk on the opposite side. The trail will connect to the existing Dunwoody Trailway at Georgetown Park. 

Traffic Simulation Video (2014)