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News » Bob Callan Trunk Trail Project Receives $2.85 Million from U.S. Department of Transportation

Atlanta, August 17, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced $417 million in Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program grants for 2011, including a $2.85 million grant to the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) to help fund Phase II of the Bob Callan Trunk Trail in Cobb County, Ga. The new construction will connect the trail to the Palisades and Cochran Shoals units of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.

The Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program grant is part of more than $4.8 million allocated by the U.S. DOT to projects in Georgia including:

  • the addition of a pedestrian and biking bridge by the Atlanta Beltline and City Hall East
  • rehabilitating pavement on State Route 53 in Winder, Ga.
  • training for disadvantaged business enterprise firms to compete for federal projects and
  • assisting Goodwill of North Georgia to recruit, train and employ women in highway construction.

“We are thrilled to receive these funds so we can continue making Cumberland and Cobb County more walkable and pedestrian-friendly,” said Malaika Rivers, executive director of the Cumberland CID. “As the Bob Callan Trail moves closer to completion, it will help connect visitors, employees and residents to all that our community offers.”

Funds for Phase II of this project will provide two miles of trail, at-grade trail, an elevated boardwalk and pre-fabricated bridge structures to Cumberland. Six of 10 miles of the project have been completed. To date, the Cumberland CID has leveraged funds for improvements to the four-mile Bob Callan Trail, which connects the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area at U.S. 41 North to Terrell Mill Road.   

About the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID)

The Cumberland CID, the first in Georgia, is a self-taxing district covering 5.5 square miles and encompassing the intersections of I-75, I-285 and U.S. Highway 41 in northwest Atlanta. The CID works with federal, state and county partners to identify funding sources for the bulk of area improvement projects in its more than $256 million portfolio.