Union City conducted the third of several public hearings July 10, designed to solicit input for the city’s South Fulton Parkway Corridor Study. Expected to be completed later this summer, the corridor study is anticipated to provide a template for municipal decisions through 2027 that will directly affect the 6.5-mile stretch of the parkway annexed by Union City last summer.

Nashville-based RPM Transportation Consultants President Bob Murphy and representatives of Hawkins Partners provided an overview of the study parameters to the 60 Union City residents in attendance at the Etris center. As with previous meetings, residents formed into groups to identify areas of the parkway where they believed the previously approved commercial and residential projects would best be located.

Each group was given a large corridor map and asked to develop a land use and transportation plan. Residents used colored dots to signify areas of the greenspace and parks, commercial and residential components. A significant portion of the projects approved by Fulton County prior to last year’s annexations contains mixed-use development and the potential for multi-story buildings, consultants said. Though city planning staff was present at the meeting, consultants asked that they not be involved in formulating the project plans tasked to the groups. Input from residents will be incorporated into the study findings, consultants said.

Unlike previous public meetings, July 10 meeting also included a 20-question survey addressing issues such as residents’ observations of traffic speed, traffic flow patterns and signaling and soliciting opinions on mass transit, congestion relief, alternative transportation methods and work and live situations related to interparcel access roads.

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