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Alpharetta allots $2.2 million for Greenway boardwalk replacement By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com
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Windward volunteer group presents Founders Award Leland Carawan, second from right, receives the annual Windward Association of Retired Men Founders Award at the St. Ives Country Club recently for his tireless efforts in the community. Pictured, from left, are: former award recipients Paul Barrow and Jim Rausch, Carawan and Wayne Smith. Read story, Page 3.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Failing sections of the Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta will get a muchneeded upgrade, thanks to a $2.2 million construction project recently approved by city officials. The Alpharetta City Council approved the project at a Jan. 3 special called meeting, after hearing from Alpharetta Public Works Director Pete Sewczwicz that the plan will replace approximately 1,200 feet of rotting wood boardwalk off Mansell Road with a trail made of concrete and steel. “This is the trail that takes you from the Beaver Creek Road area, underneath Mansell Road and ties into our boardwalk greenway at the other side,” Sewczwicz said. According to Sewczwicz, this section of greenway boardwalk, which was built in 2008, has been particularly problematic because it is below flood elevation and is regularly under water. The new trail will still be four feet below flood elevation, he said, but the concrete and steel will be much more resistant to damage from flood water. “When it floods, it’s going to get wet,” he said. “We cannot go higher, because then we run into lack of headspace underneath the Mansell Road bridge. Sewczwicz said the project will take about 12 months due to the
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