In late September, the Buckhead Community Improvement District said two projects were finished and open. One is the Lenox Boardwalk beside Lenox Square. The other is the multi-lane roundabout where Wieuca Road meets Phipps Boulevard. They opened in the same month and were covered in the same update, but they do different jobs. The boardwalk mostly links a train station to a mall. The Wieuca work is the one that leads somewhere you'd walk on a Saturday morning, because it ends at a road where PATH400 crosses GA-400. The Lenox piece will only reach the trail once a bridge over the 10-lane Buckhead Loop is built, and that groundbreaking just moved back a year.
What opened, and what each project is for
The Lenox Boardwalk cost $15.6 million and runs 0.44 miles along Lenox Road. It starts at the Lenox MARTA station at East Paces Ferry Road and ends at Peachtree Road. Urbanize Atlanta reported that the path is raised and 10 to 12 feet wide, with new pedestrian lighting, updated traffic signal mast arms, and some tree shade. The CID says it creates "a safer, more direct connection between the Lenox MARTA station, Lenox Square, and the surrounding retail, hospitality and business community." In other words, it was built to get people off a train and into the shopping district.
The Wieuca project was built for a different trip. According to the CID, the roundabout at Phipps Boulevard is Atlanta's first multi-lane roundabout. It cost $4 million, paid for by the City of Atlanta and the CID. It added bike lanes, crosswalks, wayfinding signs, and an 85-foot landscaped island where there used to be an asphalt expanse about the size of a small parking lot. The roundabout sits on a 0.32-mile stretch of Wieuca Road that runs from Peachtree Road to Old Ivy Road. That stretch now has protected bike lanes in both directions, a wide side path, pedestrian lighting, native plantings, and a new traffic signal at Old Ivy that went live April 29.
Together, the two projects add about three-quarters of a mile of rebuilt street. The difference is where each one ends.
Old Ivy Road is where the new path meets the trail
The PATH400 FAQ lists four main ways onto the greenway in Buckhead:
- Mile 0, at Garson Drive and Piedmont Road
- Lenox Road at GA-400, home of the Buckhead Wall
- Old Ivy Road, where it crosses GA-400
- Wieuca Road, where it crosses GA-400
The new Wieuca corridor ends at Old Ivy Road, one of those four. Wieuca itself is another, where it crosses the highway. Old Ivy Park, which Livable Buckhead describes as a 0.7-acre trailside gathering spot, sits right where Old Ivy Road meets PATH400. So a walk or ride that starts at Peachtree Road now runs on a side path or protected bike lane, through the new roundabout, to a signalized intersection one street from a trail entrance. The published project details don't show whether the final few feet onto the trail are signed and ramped as one continuous route. Think of the corridor as a feeder to the trail, and check those last few feet for yourself.
North of there, the trail got longer last year. In September 2025, a 0.75-mile segment from Wieuca Road to Loridans Drive opened, including an 80-foot-high bridge at Mountain Way Common. Livable Buckhead said the addition created nearly three miles of continuous greenway. PATH400's map marks Loridans Park on that northern stretch. It also lists art along the route, including the Buckhead Wall, the Great Blue Mural, PATH400 Signs by JONESY, Shadows on Path400, the Wellspring Living Mural, and the Wieuca Art Installation.
That's why the Wieuca work matters more than its 0.32 miles suggest. It links a rebuilt stretch of street to a greenway that's already long enough for a real outing.
The Lenox end depends on a bridge that keeps slipping
The boardwalk stops at Peachtree Road. PATH400's Lenox access is farther east, where Lenox Road meets GA-400. The CID's long-range plan closes that gap in two more phases, and the boardwalk "sets the design standard for the two sections still to come."
Phase two costs about $10 million and covers Lenox Road between Peachtree Road and Phipps Boulevard, including the entrance to Alliance Center. It will bring wider sidewalks, upgraded ramps and stairs, and more lighting. It's in final engineering, with right-of-way purchases and permits next and groundbreaking expected in 2027.
Phase three is the bridge, a 0.62-mile elevated pedestrian and bike crossing where the Buckhead Loop is 10 lanes wide at one point. It's designed to connect to PATH400 and to the future HUB404 park over the highway. In the same Urbanize Atlanta report, the CID describes it as a project that will close
"one of Buckhead's hardest gaps for anyone not in a car."
The timeline has moved. A Livable Buckhead mobility update posted January 8, 2026, expected bridge construction to start in March 2027. The September 2026 update says the bridge is still in design and now on track to break ground in 2028. It's estimated at $40 million to $56 million, with a $10 million federal grant covering part of that. The whole Lenox Road project has slipped before. The CID has worked on it for about nine years, and construction was originally expected in late 2023, then spring 2024. The full project is now expected to cost $82 million.
HUB404, the planned half-mile, nine-acre park over GA-400, is still listed as a future project. The newest news item on its homepage is from June 2024.
Everything still on the calendar, side by side
Each project has its own schedule, managed by a different agency. Here's where each one stands as of October 2026.
| Project | What it adds | Current timing |
|---|---|---|
| Lenox Road phase two | Wider sidewalks and lighting, Peachtree Rd to Phipps Blvd | Groundbreaking expected 2027 |
| Lenox Road bridge, phase three | 0.62-mile walk and bike crossing at GA-400 | Groundbreaking expected 2028, moved from a March 2027 target |
| HUB404 | Nine-acre park over GA-400 | No current construction date |
| PATH400 Sandy Springs, Segments 1 and 3 | Trail north from Loridans Drive toward GA-400 and I-285 | Under construction, finish expected early 2028 |
| PATH400 Sandy Springs, Segment 2 | Middle section of the extension | Start expected fall 2026, about a three-year build |
| BeltLine Northeast Trail Segment 3 | 2.4 miles from Buford Highway to Lindbergh, with a connector to PATH400 | Construction expected to start early 2027, about 36 months |
The north end is moving faster than the Lenox end. The City of Sandy Springs awarded a $15,758,413 contract for Segment 2 in December 2025. Its extension will carry PATH400 from Loridans Drive up to the GA-400 and I-285 interchange. To the south, the Atlanta BeltLine's September 2026 update puts the start of the Northeast Trail connector in early 2027. A 36-month build points to about 2030, though the BeltLine hasn't committed to an opening date. For the next few years, the trail will grow at both ends while the bridge in the middle is still in design.
Where the finished pieces lead this fall
The Phipps end of the Wieuca corridor is also the busy end of Buckhead's retail strip. At Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road, CVI.CHE 105 is expected this fall, and its mall listing still says "Coming Soon." Lenox Square's pages show Panerai and IWC Schaffhausen as open and Dolce & Gabbana as coming soon. Lenox Square also lists the 44th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on October 17.
Farther south on Peachtree, the Buckhead Village District calendar for the next few weeks includes:
- Sip & Spin at Brush Sushi, October 15
- Rooftop yoga at Gypsy Kitchen, October 17
- The Partners Card shopping event, October 23 to November 1
- The first Buckhead Village Car Club meetup, November 8
New since summer in the Village are Jeffrey, Jeffrey Kalinsky's boutique at 3070 Bolling Way NE, which opened August 2, and Y Bar e Ristorante at 3065 Peachtree Road, which Rough Draft Atlanta reported opened in late July. Buckhead Heritage also has a Peachtree Heights East neighborhood tour on Saturday, November 7.
If you want to try the new route, start at Peachtree and Wieuca, take the side path through the roundabout to Old Ivy Road, and pick up PATH400 north toward the Mountain Way Common bridge and Loridans Park.
Walkable streets and trail access are some of the most concrete things a Buckhead listing can show, and they change as projects like these open or slip. When we put together a seller's plan, we map those routes from the front door and describe them accurately. If you're thinking about how a new path near your street affects your home's story, Roots Real Estate can help. Get your custom market plan.
