The Roswell City Council has approved a $175,000 design contract for a new waste transfer station that would replace an existing one built in 1999.

“The facility is currently operating above its current design capacity due to population growth in the city over the last 20 years,” staff said in a report to the council. The existing building, at 1810 Hembree Road, Alpharetta, will be demolished.

The city’s standby engineer, Burns & McDonnell, is tasked with designing a new transfer station building of pre-engineered metal, and pavement, earthwork, utilities and landscaping. The project also will offer a scale and kiosk and resident drop-off area.

In its proposal to the city, Burns & McDonnell said it would deliver design drawings the week of Nov. 18, a cost estimate by Nov. 29 and bid document preparation the week of Dec. 2.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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