A newly aligned Big Creek Parkway to take pressure off the Holcomb Bridge Road/Ga. 400 interchange for its eventual reconstruction, and creating a historic gateway from the south – and eliminating the reversible lane on Ga. 9 (Atlanta Street) – were among the projects given highest priority Wednesday night by the Roswell City Council.
The Council approved a project list for the five-year, 75-cent Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to be presented to voters in November.
The TSPLOST is for Fulton County outside Atlanta. If it passes, it would raise a projected $569 million total over five years; the maximum allowed anticipated collection is $655 million. Roswell’s share of the $569 million would be $93 million, based on its 16.3 percent share of Fulton’s population.
As mandated, Roswell divided the list into three tiers: Tier I, with highest priority, are major projects to reduce traffic congestion across the area, to be funded by 85 percent of anticipated tax collections ($79 million); Tier II projects, like streets and sidewalks, by 15 percent ($14 million), if sales tax collections meet expectations; and Tier III projects, like general intersection improvements, if tax collections exceed expectations ($14 million).
Roswell’s list now goes to Fulton County to be combined with TSPLOST project lists adopted by other jurisdictions. Fulton also has been working on an intergovernmental agreement for the participating communities.
Information: www.roswellgov.com/TSPLOST
About the Author
