Project Updates 

(September 2024) Perimeter Center West Pedestrian Beacon- Waiting on Georgia Power to install power supply for the signal.   

(August 2024) Completed the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon at Chesnut Elementary School prior to the start of school.

(July 2024) North Peachtree and Perimeter Center West beacon poles have been constructed. 

(June 2024) Pole foundations were completed in May for pedestrian beacons on Perimeter Center West and on North Peachtree Road at Chesnut Elementary School. Signal poles are scheduled to be delivered in June, and the new signals will be operational before school starts.

The 2024 SPLOST capital budget includes funding to construct pedestrian hybrid beacon crossings (PHBs) at two locations:

1) One PHB will be constructed at the existing crosswalk on North Peachtree Road in front of Chesnut Elementary School

2) Another PHB will be built at a new mid-block crosswalk on Perimeter Center West between Perimeter Mall and the Terraces office complex.

Both locations meet the minimum standards for the number of pedestrian crossings required by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon installation. 

The City has allocated $425,000 in the 2024 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) budget for these two projects, and the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts (PCIDs) has budgeted a 50 percent funding match for the Perimeter Center West project. 

An example of a PHB is located on Hammond Drive at the Dunwoody MARTA Station.

According to the Federal Highway Administration, the PHB is a traffic control device designed to help pedestrians safely cross higher-speed roadways at midblock crossings and uncontrolled intersections. The beacon head consists of two red lenses above a single yellow lens. The lenses remain ”dark“ until a pedestrian desiring to cross the street pushes the call button to activate the beacon, which then initiates a yellow to red lighting sequence consisting of flashing and steady lights that directs motorists to slow and come to a stop, and provides the right-of-way to the pedestrian to safely cross the roadway before going dark again.