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APRIL 2019 • VOL. 13 — NO. 4
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Section Two
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► Out & About
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Home & Real Estate
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The Georgia Department of Transportation is considering building
flyover toll lanes atop the Northridge Road overpass.
BY EVELYN ANDREWS
evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
Two groups launch to
support, oppose
north end concepts
BY EVELYN ANDREWS
evelyn@reporternewspapers.net
Two groups with opposing views on
redevelopment concepts for the north
end of Sandy Springs have organized to
voice their opinions as city officials de
termine which concepts should move
forward.
Affordable housing advocates who
co-chaired the city’s North End Revital
ization Task Force launched an initiative
opposing the task force’s final report
with a community meeting on Feb. 28.
At that meeting, several north end res
idents said they feared the recommen
dations would lead to displacement of
See TWO on page 14
As neighborhood impacts of toll lanes
planned along Ga. 400 and 1-285 become
clearer, city and state elected officials are
seeking ways to influence the process with
varying tactics. Some officials say they’ll
fight the project, while others aim for small
er tweaks. Some call for community-wide
meetings, while some work behind the
scenes.
“I know it’s been on the books for a long
time, but we need to mitigate it as much as
we can,” said Rep. Deborah Silcox (R-Sandy
Springs), who says she’s trying to arrange
a large-scale meeting of state engineers, lo
cal officials and possibly the general public.
“This is very upsetting.”
The toll lanes, called “express lanes” or
“managed lanes,” are proposed by the Geor-
See OFFICIALS on page 22
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