Alpharetta City Council To Consider $145 Million in Transportation Projects

Alpharetta's Engineering/Public Works Department plans to suggest $145 million in transportation projects for possible inclusion as regional projects funded under the Transportation Investment Act.

Voters would have to vote in favor a 1 percent sales tax in the 2012 primary elections for even approved projects to be funded.

Kimball Bridge Road, Windward Parkway, Old Milton Parkway, GA 400 interchange improvements and Big Creek Greenway projects are included on the suggestions, as is $2.4 million to buy land near the Encore Parkway and GA 400 intersection for future transit that could include rail, bus, transfer stations or other transit options.

In its series of meetings on Monday, March 21 starting at 7:30 p.m., City Council also will consider an alcohol license for Tilted Kilt, a restaurant on Windward Parkway and lighting for Westside Parkway's southern section between Sanctuary Parkway and Mansell Road.

Manning Oaks Elementary School Principal Sharon Reinig will be honored by the mayor and council. She will retire this year after a 38-year career in education.

A successful second reading of a city ordinance amendment will begin a ban on smoking and all other forms of tobacco in the city's park.

On Tuesday from 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Alpharetta residents will have a chance to tell the city want they think of the Comprehensive Plan 2030 proposal.

Maps and documents will be available for review at City Hall at 2 South Main St.

The Comprehensive Plan is designed to be a long-range plan for guiding development in the City. Its goal is to accommodate development in a timely, orderly, and efficient arrangement of land uses and public facilities and services that meet the needs of the present and future residents and businesses in the city.