MARTA to resume Five Points transformation project, bus routes will be impacted
MARTA announced that work would start up again on its Five Points Station transformation project.
Starting May 17, Saturday, the project will have multiple downtown bus routes detoured.
During the deconstruction process, there will still be street-level station and elevator and bus access on Forsyth Street, and transfers won't be affected.
MARTA said 'the first phase of the project for the Five Points Station transformation includes deconstruction and removal of the current concrete canopy.
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After, they'll have work crews build a new one, improve the centralized bus hub and pedestrian connection to broad street and undergo efforts to incorporate community spaces, public art and agriculture.
Overall, the project is expected to cost $230 million, funded mainly through an Atlanta half-penny sales tax from the More MARTA initiative, with another $13.8 million provided by the state of Georgia and $25 million from a federal RAISE grant.
The remainder of funding will come from the MARTA core penny.
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In addition to the Saturday start of bus detours, MARTA said certain customer services will be impacted beginning June 6.
Those services include the RideStore, Lost and Found and Reduced Fare office.
Those offices at Five Points Station will be temporarily moved, along with MARTA HOPE and the MARTA Police Precinct. New locations for them during the closure have not been released yet.
The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street:
3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue
40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown
813 – Atlanta University Center
21 – Memorial Drive
49 – McDonough Boulevard
55 – Jonesboro Road
107 – Glenwood
186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to Downtown and no longer stop at Five Points:
26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
42 – Pryor Road
816 – North Highland Avenue
The following routes will terminate at Georgia State Station:
21 – Memorial Drive
42 – Pryor Road
49 – McDonough Boulevard
55 – Jonesboro Road
107 – Glenwood
186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
The following routes will terminate at King Memorial Station:
26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
813 – Atlanta University Center
899 – Old Fourth Ward
The following route will terminate at Civic Center Station:
816 – North Highland Avenue
MARTA said regional transit partner buses, like CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett and Xpress will still run on time.
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