Jenna Aronowitz News Today

There's a new task force in Roswell that will take a closer look at a plan to turn a part of Canton Street into a walking promenade.

On Tuesday night, the City of Roswell held another Public Safety and Public Works Committee meeting, where a task force for a pedestrian project for Canton Street was discussed.

During public meetings in May on the Canton Street project, residents and business owners described the mayor as secretive in carrying out city busine

There is conflict among Roswell officials on whether the city is moving too fast to come up with a plan to close part of Canton and create a pedestri

The Roswell City Council and Canton Street business owners plan to create two separate task forces to study a proposal that would close Canton Street to vehicle traffic during summer

During a second contentious meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson received a gamut of pushback as well as questions about overall

“If this hurts our businesses, we all will call it off because the last thing we want to do is hurt our businesses,” Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson said.

Owners say they lose money when the street is closed. The mayor says the closure could keep pedestrians safe.