Alpharetta, Milton Projects Remain on Smaller Transportation Funding List

Transportation projects in Alpharetta and Milton remain after the Atlanta Regional Roundtable staff cut a $22.9 billion proposal list in about half, though North Fulton's representative refused to look at it locally.

“When the elected officials are sitting around the roundtable, they are asked to do something very important–to step outside their jurisdictions,” said Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, who is a non-voting member of the committee.

“I refuse to look at this locally–there are projects I support outside of my jurisdiction,” he added, explaining that these projects will still have an impact on North Fulton commuters.

Staff cut the list to $15.9 billion in projects, but recommended that many of those projects only be partially funded, dropping the total to $12.2 billion. Even that cut won't be enough.

(View the unconstrained list of all projects and this subset list at the Atlanta Regional Roundtable Web site.)

Bodker said it’s important that the committees choose projects that will have the biggest impact on the collective metro-Atlanta community since, if voters approve the referendum, it will only fund $7 billion of $120 billion of projects that need funding.

“Long term we will have to find additional revenue or pass additional referendums,” he said.

Bodker serves on the committee as a partner with Mayor Ralph Moore from South Fulton. He said that while he does not have a vote, he and Moore work together to cast a vote representing Fulton County.

Below is a partial list of projects in the North Fulton area that made the first cut with staff. The Atlanta Regional Roundtable committee may accept or abandon these recommendations as it narrows the list even more.

• State Bridge Road / Pleasant Hill Road from SR 141 (Medlock Bridge Road) to Chattahoochee River ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $10,000,000
• MARTA North Heavy Rail Line Extension to SR 140 Transit North subregion $839,000,000 $100,000,000 Partial funding; final funding level TBD and contingent on other decisions on transit within the I‐285, Northwest, North and Northeast subregions
• SR 140 (Hickory Flat Highway / Arnold Mill Road) from Mountain Road to Fulton County Line ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $77,432,601
• SR 20 (Cumming Highway / Canton Highway) from SR 369 (Hightower Road) to SR 371 (Post Road) ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $124,856,122 $60,000,000 Limits shortened (SR 369 to SR 372) and cost reduced since original request extends outside region
• SR 120 (Kimball Bridge Road) from State Bridge Road to Jones Bridge Road ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $21,000,00
• SR 120 (Old Milton Parkway) from SR 400 to Kimball Bridge Road ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $37,000,000
• SR 120 (Old Milton Parkway) at SR 400 and Morris Road ‐Interchange/Intersection Improvements Roadway North subregion $1,900,000
• Rucker Road from Hardscrabble Road to Willis Road ‐Operational Improvements Roadway North subregion $19,000,000
• SR 9 (Alpharetta Highway) from Hamby Road in Forsyth County to Academy Street in Fulton County ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $119,000,000
• SR 140 (Arnold Mill Road) from Cherokee County Line to Rucker Road ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $46,000,000
• Big Creek Bridge Road (Phases 1 and 2) from Old Alabama Road to Warsaw Road ‐ New Alignment Roadway North subregion $43,000,000
• SR 400 at SR 140 (Holcomb Bridge Road) ‐ Interchange Improvements Roadway North subregion $50,000,000
• SR 9 (Atlanta Street) from Chattahoochee River to SR 120 (Marietta Highway) ‐ Widening and Corridor Improvements Roadway North subregion $20,400,000
• SR 140 (Houze Road) from Rucker Road to Mansell Road ‐Operational Improvements Roadway North subregion $19,600,000
• SR 120 (Abbotts Bridge Road) from Parsons Road (east of SR 141) to Peachtree Industrial Boulevard ‐ Widening Roadway North subregion $28,000,000