Atlanta Mayor Dickens asks MARTA to hold off on Five Points Station renovation

ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has asked MARTA to hold off on a major renovation of the Five Points rail station.

He wants to take a closer look at an operational audit of the transit agency to find out where its money is going.

In a letter to MARTA’s CEO Collie Greenwood, Dickens said the preliminary findings from the audit “highlights several areas that require additional clarity and attention.”

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Renovation of the Five Points station in downtown Atlanta was supposed to start next month and would take up to four years to complete.

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