The Stitch project, which will build a pedestrian-friendly greenspace over parts of Interstate 75 and 85 received funding from Atlanta City Council this week. GPB's Amanda Andrews reports on the latest efforts to reconnect parts of downtown.

the Stitch will create approximately 14 acres of urban greenspace and transportation enhancements atop a new, 3⁄4-mile platform spanning the Downtown Connector between Ted Turner Drive Piedmont Avenue.

The Stitch will create approximately 14 acres of urban greenspace and transportation enhancements atop a new platform spanning the Downtown Connector between Ted Turner Drive Piedmont Avenue.

Credit: City of Atlanta

Atlanta City Council approved a special property tax in the half mile area surrounding The Stitch project site. Money collected will go towards park management and infrastructure maintenance when the project is fully built.

Once completed, The Stitch would stretch three-quarters of a mile over Interstate 75 and 85 creating an additional 17 acres of greenspace, along with affordable housing and low-cost transit.  The goal of the project is to reconnect neighborhoods which were divided by the highway.

Jennifer Ball works with Central Atlanta Progress, the organization leading this project. She said they’re expecting The Stitch master plan to be approved by the city council in June.

“We now transition into the hard-core design and engineering,” Ball said. “The consultant teams are hard at work, translating those renderings and those vision images into construction documentation that will allow us to go out and bid the project for construction.”  

Construction is expected to begin in late 2026 following the World Cup.

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