The Roswell City Council approved a strategy Monday for road improvements funded by a special transportation sales tax, prioritizing projects and hiring a program manager to oversee the work.
“The goals are to plan, construct and deliver the transportation projects for the city within the five-year horizon” of the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax approved by voters in November, according to a staff report.
Top priority will go to Big Creek Parkway Phases 1 and 2, to be started within five years and to take up 73 percent of the total “Tier I” program. “All other project funding will be adjusted to accommodate Big Creek,” staff said.
Other Tier I projects are the Holcomb Bridge Road interchange at Ga. 400, design of the Historic Gateway/Ga. 9 enhancements, the Rucker Road reconstruction, the Oxbo/Ga. 9 intersection, and the Old Holcomb Bridge Road bridge replacement.
The program manager would be responsible for advising staff on budgeting and scheduling, as well as pursuing other funding sources, meeting reporting and audit requirements, and keeping the public informed, staff said.
Roswell is expected to receive $79 million to $107 million for transportation improvements out of the five-year, 0.75-cent TSPLOST. Voters approved the tax for unincorporated Fulton County and 13 Fulton cities other than Atlanta.
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