ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta received extra funding awards from Georgia’s COVID recovery funds.
According to a release from the city, Georgia allocated nearly $20 million more in funding from the state’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for a set of infrastructure and transportation projects.
Atlanta officials said it would allow the city to “deliver vital projects” without affecting taxpayers with General Fund use.
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A release from the city said the grants were awarded to the following projects:
- $2,200,000 for the Atlanta Department of Transportation to construct sidewalk connections at Clark Atlanta / Atlanta University Center
- $2,165,093.70 for the construction of Washington Park sidewalk connections
- $2,103,560.80 for construction of the Westside BeltLine Connector sidewalk link
- $2,200,000 for updates to the Dunbar Neighborhood Center
- $2,200,000 for Atlanta BeltLine’s development of Enota Park
- $2,200,000 for improvements to the J.C. Birdine Neighborhood Center
- $2,200,000 for improvements to Worksource Atlanta’s Community Center
- $2,032,301.70 for the Department of Parks and Recreation for improvements to four City of Atlanta parks
- $2,199,561.10 for the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District’s Woodruff Park Accessibility and Activation Project
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“We appreciate these allocations from Governor Kemp for investments in our parks, community centers, sidewalks, and other infrastructure,” said Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. “This infusion of American Rescue Plan Act dollars—made possible by the Biden Administration and our federal delegation—working alongside hundreds of millions in local and additional federal funds we have secured is a game-changer in our mission to make Atlanta a city built for the future. We value the continued partnership with the state in projects that benefit us all.”
According to city officials, the additional roughly $19.5 million was given to Atlanta in addition to $100 million from federal investments made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The $100 million is aimed at projects involving the Atlanta airport and other road and transit initiatives. The funding, approved by Gov. Brian Kemp, was announced Thursday as part of a round of hundreds of millions in project funding for the state.
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