The city of Dunwoody was formed in 2008 with the mandate to resurface the roads. What we got was a City Manager form of government and 7 City Council Reps who slow rolled the road maintenance and secured city subsidies for the non-profits they supported. Zoning was standardized. Contractors were hired on the basis of “evaluation” not price. A Development group was appointed to manage bribes to attract businesses. All actions we in compliance with UA Agenda 21 as required by the Regional Commission. It was “one size fits all”. Now in 2024, nothing has changed.
In 2009, Georgia adopted Regional Governance.
UN Agenda 21 was being implemented in the US by ICLEI and the American Planning Association. Georgia had already moved their Regional Planning Groups to become Regional Commissions with authority over road construction, repair and maintenance.
https://www.dca.ga.gov/local-government-assistance/planning/governing-statutes-regulations-
In 2012, the Regional Commissions proposed an $18 billion TSPLOST to be voted on in each Region. Half of the $18B was for light rail trains and the other half was for roads and highways that didn’t connect and didn’t solve any congestion problems.
Heavy congestion was the result of building I-285 too close to the center of Atlanta and failure to build a true Atlanta bi-pass to allow interstate car and truck traffic to avoid Atlanta congestion. MARTA had 123,400 riders per day on weekdays and was confined to operating mostly in the city of Atlanta, but extended to Dunwoody and the Airport.
In 2012, the Dekalb County population was 700,783. South Fulton population was 91,053. Fulton County population was 973,464, mostly in the northern suburbs.
The 2012 TSPLOST failed in 9 Regions and passed in 3 Regions.
Road construction costs doubled in 2012. New contractors were selected by the Regional Commissions.
See TSPLOST Overcharges posted on this blog May 30, 2012.
GA 400
Georgia State Route 400 Guides. The origins of the State Route 400 date back to a 1952 land-use plan that included an expressway paralleling Roswell Road north from Atlanta to Sandy Springs. Land acquisition for the Peachtree Connector, a four lane roadway between I-85 and Peachtree Road commenced in January 1959.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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