Want to See MARTA's Plans for Light Rail Into Our Community?

With and and, now, the possibility that MARTA may seek to build a big, honking light rail between its existing Lindbergh and Avondale stations – with stops along our community – makes the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff community a bit of a development hotbed.

If you want to see the details in full, you can next week.

MARTA's planning staff is giving a full presentation April 9 at 1:30pm in MARTA's sixth floor board room, 2424 Piedmont Rd. NE, Atlanta.

And if you've got an opinion about the whole thing, they'll be taking public comments at that meeting as well.

Here are some of the details about the $700 million proposal from MARTA's site:

The alternative described below is pending approval from the MARTA Board of Directors

• 8.8 miles of light rail double track (includes tunnels and elevated sections)
• 10 light rail station platforms
  • Lindbergh Center (transfer to Red or Gold Lines)
  • Cheshire Bridge
  • Sage Hill
  • CDC/Emory Point
  • Emory-Rollins
  • Emory-Clairmont
  • North Decatur
  • Suburban Plaza
  • DeKalb Medical Center
  • Avondale Station (transfer to Blue Line)
• 3 additional optional stations for consideration
  • Piedmont (transfer to BeltLine)
  • DeKalb Industrial
  • North Arcadia (old DeVry campus)
• 2 Maintenance and/or storage facilities

Obviously, a big deal that would fundamentally change the traffic situation here. It'll come down to a vote this summer on a 1-cent sales tax to raise money for the project. 

North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch will be at this meeting, and we'll give you all the details afterward.

But, obviously, there's no substitute for attending yourself.

What do you guys think about the proposal? Is it likely to happen? And if it does, will it change things in our community for the better? Tell us in the comments section below.