The city of

Fayetteville is seeking a $800,000 grant to create a network of sidewalks

that would link local schools, the downtown area and the Fayette County

Judicial Complex.

The city wants

to build 2.63 miles of pedestrian access routes, with sidewalks along

Ga. Highway 54 and Lee Street and a multiuse path along Grady Avenue,

which would serve Fayette County Middle and Spring Hill Elementary schools.

One of the

sidewalk connections will link an existing sidewalk along Hwy. 54 near

Jeff Davis Drive to Booker Street, the home of East Fayette Elementary.

The Lee Street

sidewalk will connect the downtown area with the new judicial complex,

and a sidewalk along Hwy. 54 west will link businesses from the Magnolia

Park office complex all the way to the Fayette County Government Stonewall

complex.

Another sidewalk

along Hwy. 54 east would like residential areas from Gwinnett Street to

the entrance of the city's industrial park on Robinson Drive .

The project

will require an estimated $340,000 in matching funds, but the cost may

be significantly less, noted City Engineer Don Easterbrook. Also, the

city could spread the work over several budget years to make it more affordable,

Easterbrook said in a memo to the City Council.

The council

unanimously approved the grant application at its regular meeting last

week. The city has been assisted by a consultant who has had success in

seeking this type of funding, Easterbrook said.

Although this

grant is through the Georgia Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement

Program, the city also hopes to seek sidewalk and multiuse paths from

the federal Transportation Enhancement program.

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