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Atlanta Buys Land for Southside Trail, Expanding the BeltLine

The $25.8 million deal will connect the Eastside and Westside Trails, forming a continuous linear park.

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Part of the BeltLine trailAlan Sandercock

The city of Atlanta and the nonprofit Atlanta Beltline Inc. have purchased a plot of land for the planned Southside Trail for $25.8 million. The former railway corridor is scheduled to become a multiuse path that will connect the Westside and Eastside Trails, moving a big step closer to the goal of building a fully circular BeltLine.

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