Paving Project Benefits Stone Mountain CID Area

Crews from the DeKalb County Public Works Department are repairing one of the more heavily traveled areas in the Stone Mountain Community Improvement District (CID).

All four lanes of Mountain Industrial Boulevard from Tuckerstone Parkway to North Royal Drive are now being repaved. This road segment receives constant travel, including much traffic from heavy vehicles such as tractor trailers.

Repaving was necessitated by the deterioration of the asphalt surface and underlying supporting pavement base material. As deterioration occurred, potholes and numerous cracks in the pavement surface formed. Moisture from the wet summer accelerated the deterioration in combination with heavy truck loads.

CID Chairman Larry Callahan said the many businesses located along Mountain Industrial Boulevard were seeking assistance in improving road conditions. The CID was able to help draw attention to an area most immediately in need of county services.

“Our business and commercial property owners greatly appreciate the efforts of DeKalb County Public Works to address problems on the Mountain Industrial corridor,” Callahan said. “The CID has benefited from a close working relationship with county leaders and departments. We are working together to advance repair projects and maintain solid infrastructure in our community.”

CID staff routinely patrol the district to note areas of damaged or failing road, sidewalk and drainage fixtures. A log of these findings is regularly updated and shared with the DeKalb County Public Works Department.

In addition to the paving, 24 signs illuminated by light-emitting diodes (LED) are now operational at night to service intersections along Mountain Industrial Boulevard and at the Hugh Howell-Tucker Industrial Road intersection. The CID and State Road & Tollway Authority funded the sign project.

More information about ongoing projects is available online at StoneMountainCID.com