The new CSX lease extends the Silver Comet Trail 2.3 miles closer to the Beltline
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The new CSX lease extends the Silver Comet Trail 2.3 miles closer to the Beltline
The details of the lease between the State of Georgia and CSX was good news for Connect the Comet. CSX gave up 2.3 miles from the existing eastward trailhead at Mavell Road to about Plant Atkinson, very close to the Chattahoochee River. The Cobb DOT had this as a priority project in their Cobb County Greenways and Trails Plan. I'm personally very happy with this because it will bring the Silver Comet Trail close to the upcoming Chattahoochee River Trail, about a mile from my house.
The article is by Haisten Willis.
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2018/0...met-extension/
The article is by Haisten Willis.
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2018/0...met-extension/
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Interesting. If I read google maps correctly the SCT formally ends at the parking lot in Smyrna near the Creekside at Vinings condo complex and then converts to side walk bike paths along roads
as it meanders E/N for a few miles. A few yrs ago I was able to trace a southern bike path accessible on streets from the SCT at Cobb Drive that paralleled some major E-W limited access road but it does not pop up
on cursory exam now. That route was 5-10 miles long and ended a good ways south of Smyrna.
as it meanders E/N for a few miles. A few yrs ago I was able to trace a southern bike path accessible on streets from the SCT at Cobb Drive that paralleled some major E-W limited access road but it does not pop up
on cursory exam now. That route was 5-10 miles long and ended a good ways south of Smyrna.
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Interesting. If I read google maps correctly the SCT formally ends at the parking lot in Smyrna near the Creekside at Vinings condo complex and then converts to side walk bike paths along roads
as it meanders E/N for a few miles. A few yrs ago I was able to trace a southern bike path accessible on streets from the SCT at Cobb Drive that paralleled some major E-W limited access road but it does not pop up
on cursory exam now. That route was 5-10 miles long and ended a good ways south of Smyrna.
as it meanders E/N for a few miles. A few yrs ago I was able to trace a southern bike path accessible on streets from the SCT at Cobb Drive that paralleled some major E-W limited access road but it does not pop up
on cursory exam now. That route was 5-10 miles long and ended a good ways south of Smyrna.