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Dispute over Kingsley Lake spillway may head to court By DYANA BAGBY dyana@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — A months-long dispute over who is responsible for repairing the collapsed spillway at Kingsley Lake may have to be settled in court.
The spillway, located on the Kingsley Racquet & Swim Club’s property, crumbled last summer over a DeKalb County sewer line, creating a steep cliff and gaping sinkhole near its tennis courts and playground. Over the past six months since the spillway collapse, the hillside near
the tennis courts continues the fall away. The club (KRSC) spent $25,000 putting up security fence and signs to keep people out due to safety concerns. Homeowners say heavy rains are causing their yards to flood. And this month, the exposed county sewer line leaked thousands of gallons of raw sewage into
streams that run into Nancy Creek. “It’s just a very complicated situation,” said Whitney Delaney, president of the KRSC board. The spillway, or flume, is a concrete path about the length of a football field.
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City reduces speed limits on certain busy roadways By DYANA BAGBY dyana@appenmedia.com
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Swinging into 56 years Tina Youmans Hidalgo stands in front of Dan & Company Studios in the Dunwoody Village shopping center. Her parents founded the studio in 1971, making it one of the longest-running businesses in the city. See story, page 6.
from I-285 north to Mount Vernon Road. The heavily traveled north-south DUNWOODY, Ga — Motorists driving route transitions from the highthrough some of Dunwoody’s busiest density commercial area to residential areas will have to slow down next neighborhoods. The Ashford Dunwoody year when new speed limits go into Path with sidewalks, bicycle tracks and effect. landscape improvements is planned Roads around Dunwoody Village, along this stretch. considered the heart of the city, and Speed limit changes on other roads Perimeter Center, the business and include: shopping district, will be affected. • Chamblee Dunwoody Road from The City Council approved the new Womack Road to Roberts Drive will speed limits at its March 9 meeting. change from 35 mph to 30 mph. They will go into effect in 2027. Public • Crown Pointe Parkway from Works Director Michael Smith said Perimeter Center West to Meadow Lane council approval is needed to gain Road will be lowered from 35 mph to state approval for police to use radar 30 mph. and other detection devices to enforce • Meadow Lane Road from Crown the speed limits. Pointe Parkway to Perimeter Center The speed limit will change from North will be 30 mph, changed from 45 miles per hour to 35 miles per various speed limits. hour on an approximate 2-mile See SPEED, Page 14 stretch of Ashford Dunwoody Road
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