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City officials see trouble down
the road in part of Revive285
M DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Work to fix the “top end” of 1-285
may still be years away, but City Coun
cil wants the projects planners to know
they’re not on board with some of the
proposed solutions.
During its May 7 meeting, City
Council rejected its own resolution that
would have given state officials the OK
to buy portions of Allen Park when the
project starts moving. Council’s objec
tions weren’t about the park, however.
Council members objected to passing
a resolution that did not explicitly state
its objection to one option of the multi
option plan. That option, number 6-A,
allows the state Department of Trans
portation to create an exit onto Sandy
Springs Circle.
That would put an interstate exit
in the middle of what will one day be
the city’s redeveloped downtown. City
Council said that plan is unacceptable.
“I don’t want this council to be on re
cord stating anything that will be a pos
itive thing for alternative 6-A,” Coun
cilman Gabriel Sterling said before the
vote to reject the resolution.
Plans to improve 1-285 have been put
under one roof as “Revive285,” a joint
project between the state Department of
Transportation and the Georgia Region
al Transportation Authority. Revive285
has hired ARCADIS as the planning
consultant and employees of the firm
recently updated City Council on the
project.
The planning process has been on
going since 2006. The “top end” of I-
285 is the portion between the intersec
tions of 1-75 and 1-85, much of it in the
city’s front yard. The city’s approval of
the resolution is one step in the process
of completing the environmental impact
statement required for the project.
The city’s downtown revitaliza
tion effort is ahead of Revive285. San
dy Springs this year has begun spend
ing millions on what will be a decade’s
worth of road and infrastructure im
provements. Option 6-A would cost
$2.84 billion, and planners haven’t iden
tified a funding source.
ARCADIS Senior Transportation
Planner Timothy Preece said the best
case scenario would mean the 1-285 im
provements could begin in the next five
years. Preece said a more realistic time
line is 10 to 15 years.
City Manager John McDonough
told council before the vote that the city
should pass something to provide input
on the project. “I think even if we deny
this, we owe them some type of feed
back,” McDonough said.
“I think by denying this, we are go
ing on record we are opposed to this,”
Councilman Tibby Dejulio said.
City staff members are reworking the
resolution to reflect the council’s posi
tion.
JOE EARLE
Special, special ladies
The Sandy Springs Rotary Club honored its teachers of the year at
the club’s meeting on May 6. From left, Lara Kim, Spalding Drive
Elementary, art; Susan Fisher, Ridgeview Charter, talented and gifted
social studies; Leticia Mathis, Ison Springs Elementary, 5th grade;
Erica Chiodi, Dunwoody Springs Elementary, kindergarten; Donna
Mann, Woodland Elementary, 1st grade; Emily Rhoades, High Point
Elementary, 4th grade; Melissa Borger, Lake Forest Elementary,
music; Kendra Hanson, Riverwood International Charter, 9th and
10th grades; Tamela Richardson, Sandy Springs Middle, 8th grade;
Mary Horn, Heards Ferry Elementary, kindergarten special education;
Karen Cushman, North Springs High, health and physical education.
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