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Smyrna’s gateway to be ready by Braves’ opening

Smyrna will have a newly landscaped gateway along Spring Road from SunTrust Park by the end of March. Courtesy of Smyrna
Smyrna will have a newly landscaped gateway along Spring Road from SunTrust Park by the end of March. Courtesy of Smyrna
By Carolyn Cunningham
Jan 24, 2017

By the time the Atlanta Braves play their first game in SunTrust Park, visitors will see a newly landscaped gateway leading into Smyrna along Spring Road.

Lowest bidder Ed Castro Landscape Inc. was awarded the $395,286 contract for the streetscape and median landscape improvements on Spring Road from Cobb Parkway to Bell Drive by the Smyrna City Council recently.

That figure came in $48,547 under budget.

Besides irrigated landscaping, 24 benches and 24 trash receptacles will be installed.

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