Cobb defers lawsuit over land for I-285 bridge to new Braves stadium
Update:
Cobb County will go forward with construction of a pedestrian bridge over I-285 to the new Atlanta Braves stadium, deferring legal challenges to a later date.
The multi-use bridge over Interstate 285 is designed to span more than 1,000 feet — from The Battery, a mixed-use development next to the stadium owned by the Atlanta Braves, to the parking deck of the Cobb Galleria Centre in the Cumberland neighborhood. All that is slated to cost $10 million.
A day later, the county clarified that the suit has not been dropped.
"[The parties] agreed to defer all the issues in the condemnation suit to a later date for resolution, allowing construction to continue on schedule," county spokeswoman Sheri Kell wrote in an email. "All deferred issues would be considered part of on-going litigation."
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