Box 4, Folder 15, Document 45

Box 4, Folder 15, Document 45

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March 21, 1969

The Honorable George Romney
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D. C.

Dear Secretary Romney:

The City of Atlanta is proud of its reputation as a leader in urban
planning. Over the years, the cooperative efforts of public agencies
and private groups, working toward mutually agreed-upon goals, have
resulted in the development of Atlanta as the Southeast's preeminent
metropolis. Indeed, the results have been so successful that we
must redouble our efforts to assure that the dynamic growth which
lies immediately ahead will further the aims and objectives of our
citizens.

We are prepared to do this, The current planning activities of the

City af Atlanta, the State Highway Department of Georgia, the Atlanta
Area Transportation Study, the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning
Commission and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority are
closely interrelated, The Atlanta Area Transportation Study is nearing
completion. In order to maintain momentum, and to assure continuity
of our efforts, we now intend to undertake a comprehensive detailed
plan for Central Atlanta, The timing is right for such a study. The
regional policies and general plans which are evolving from the
Transportation Study will provide key inputs to the dewntown plan.

As part of this study, it is intended that one or more mass transit
distribution systems will be analyzed to determine the potential for
increasing the effectiveness of the regional plan, and to serve downtown
development.

In order to meet our rigid time schedule, we are requesting the assistance

of the Federal Government. This letter is being directed both to the
Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. We believe that each of these departments is vitally
concerned with the kind of program Atlanta is developing. We believe