"To create the premier 'walkable' urban center of the southeast." 
"Our mission is to work continuously to develop efficient transportation services, with an emphasis on access, mobility, diversification and modernization." C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. Receives Notice to Proceed On Hammond Half-Diamond Interchangee
By ARIEL HART On February 4, 2009, C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. was given the green light to proceed on the proposed Hammond Half Diamond. This project will put a half-diamond interchange at Ga.400 and Hammond Drive so drivers can go northbound from Hammond onto Ga. 400 and southbound from Ga. 400 onto Hammond, according to a local group that has backed the project. It will also replace the bridge, making it higher and longer so that GDOT can add more lanes to the highway underneath some day, said officials with the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts (PCIDs), a self-taxing business district that helped pay for the project. An important function of the project is to relieve some of the congestion at Ga. 400 and I-285, one of the most congested chokepoints in Georgia, said Yvonne Williams, president of the Perimeter CIDs, which pushed hard for the project. The project will cost an estimated $18 million, Williams said. After hearing the DOT board approve it, a happy Williams said the Perimeter CIDs had committed $5 million toward the project, a crucial factor in getting it approved in spite of the state's cuts. "I think this is the best example of how you've got to have a project ready to go," Williams said. Because money is tight the project approved Thursday doesn't include a feature that local boosters had hoped to build at the same time, collector-distributor lanes. Such lanes run next to a highway but are separated from it, so traffic can sort itself out before entering the full-speed highway. 
Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center West Projects to Begin ConstructionIn an effort to move traffic more efficiently and enhance pedestrian safety, the Perimeter CIDs are implementing a major roadway improvement package along Peachtree Dunwoody Road between Glenridge Drive and I-285 and also along Perimeter Center West from Ashford Dunwoody Road to Mt Vernon Hwy. These projects will provide:
Lane closures:
Perimeter Center West Streetscapes and Intersections
In an effort to move traffic more efficiently and enhance pedestrian safety, the Fulton and DeKalb PCID's are implementing a major infrastructure improvement. This project is designed to improve and upgrade streetscapes and intersections on Perimeter Center West from Ashford Dunwoody Road to Perimeter Center Parkway. Improvements will include:
This project is under consruction GDOT Ramp Meters Project is Coming to the Perimeter
Ramp meters have been used effectively to reduce traffic congestion in more than 20 cities nationwide for more than 20 years. Recent studies show the effectiveness of ramp meters in reducing congestion, travel times and accidents. Ramp meters are essentially traffic signals located on freeway entrance ramps, designed to reduce disruption to interstate traffic by controlling the flow of merging traffic and alleviating bottlenecks. Benefits of ramp meters include:
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Dear Investors and Partners 
2007 Annual Report
Perimeter CIDs featured in PBS "Moving On"
Chambliss Visited the Perimeter CID Offices
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board Retreat
SANDY SPRINGS: Changes posed for Hammond, Ga. 400
Perimeter Community Improvement Districts Award $7 Million Contract
Sandy Springs Partners with PCIDS to Improve Perimeter Traffic Flow
Improvements Sought for I-285's Top End
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In an effort to move traffic more efficiently and enhance pedestrian safety, the Perimeter CIDs is implementing a major infrastructure improvement package along Perimeter Center Parkway. The scope of the project contains upgrades to all intersections along Perimeter Center Parkway from Hammond Drive to Perimeter Center West. Upgrades will include:
Planned: New urbanism and 3,000 residential units
