MARTA will resume the renovation project at Five Points Station with the detour of downtown bus routes starting Saturday, May 17.
In addition, MARTA closed customer services and amenities – restrooms, MARTA Police Precinct, RideStore, lost and found, reduced fare office, MARTA Market, soccer field – on Friday, May 16.
During deconstruction, street-level station and elevator access, as well as bus access will be maintained on Forsyth Street. Rail service and transfers are not impacted and will operate as scheduled.
BUS SERVICE IMPACTS BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 17:
The following routes will stop at Five Points on Forsyth Street:
- 3 – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/Auburn Avenue
- 40 – Peachtree Street/Downtown
- 813 – Atlanta University Center
- 21 – Memorial Drive
- 49 – McDonough Boulevard
- 55 – Jonesboro Road
- 107 – Glenwood
- 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
Three bus routes will be detoured to maintain service to Downtown and no longer stop at Five Points:
- 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
- 42 – Pryor Road
- 816 – North Highland Avenue
The following routes will terminate at Georgia State Station:
- 21 – Memorial Drive
- 42 – Pryor Road
- 49 – McDonough Boulevard
- 55 – Jonesboro Road
- 107 – Glenwood
- 186 – Rainbow Road Drive/South DeKalb
The following routes will terminate at King Memorial Station:
- 26 – Marietta Street/Perry Boulevard
- 813 – Atlanta University Center
- 899 – Old Fourth Ward
The following route will terminate at Civic Center Station:
- 816 – North Highland Avenue
Bus routes operated by regional transit partners CobbLinc, Ride Gwinnett, and Xpress will run as scheduled.
This first phase of the project includes the deconstruction and removal of the concrete canopy. Future phases include building a new canopy, improving the centralized bus hub and pedestrian connection to Broad Street, and incorporating community spaces, public art, and agriculture.
The project will cost approximately $230 million and is funded primarily through the More MARTA Atlanta half-penny sales tax, with $13.8 million from the state of Georgia, and a $25 million Federal RAISE Grant, with remaining support from the MARTA core penny.
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