Tanker Truck traffic and the Revive285 project

I attended the Revive285 public information open house last night at the Perimeter Center.

The transportation planners and engineers were surprised when I pointed out all the tanker trucks on Longmire and Buford Highway on the aerial photographs – they didn’t realize Doraville had tank farms! We also discussed tanker traffic through Oakcliff.

They strongly recommended we go to the website (which appears to be down at the moment) and make our concerns about tanker truck traffic in and out of Doraville known. According to their literature, “Your input on this survey will help Georgia DOT and GRTA determine if an alternative should move forward, be modified, or be discarded from further consideration.” While tanker truck traffic may not be part of a specific revive285 alternative now, our comments will get it on their radar and hopefully added to the project scope.

Please spread the word. As we learned during the GM property-Stadium situation, citizens can make a difference. So please complete surveys and send your comments to ensure that Doraville’s tanker truck problem doesn’t get left out of future plans. The deadline is Monday, November 16, 2009.

Make your comments at www.revive285.com, email to info@revive285.com, or snailmail to

Revive285 Top End Project Team
2849 Paces Ferry Road
Suite 400
Atlanta, Ga. 30339

Thank you – Citizens can make a difference!

Bob Roche

November 5, 2009 | Bob Roche | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

One Response to “Tanker Truck traffic and the Revive285 project”

  1. Dave Bearse says:
    November 6, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Bob, it’s sad to say, but your relevation about the tank farms demonstrates to me the public involvement component of Revive 285 may be window dressing.

    At the last set of meetings months ago, I spent over 30 minutes discussing the Buford Highway / I-285 interchange with Frank Dantchez, former DOT Chief Engineer who is now a senior executive at (I think) Arcadis, one of the firms involved in Revive 285. We specifically discussed alternatives that would reroute tanker traffic. Thereafter I spent an hour preparing a detailed written comment about the interchange that included references to the tank farm traffic.

    At least I read the post in time such that I won’t waste another hour preparing and submitting a written comment.