Johns Creek Projects on Final Transportation List

At its final meeting on Thursday, the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable voted unanimously in favor of a $6.14 billion list of transportation investments to be funded by a penny sales tax that will be on the ballot in 2012.

Several projects in the Johns Creek and North Fulton area made the final list, including:

• Widening of SR 120 (Kimball Bridge Road) from State Bridge Road to Jones Bridge Road.
• Widening of SR 120 (Old Milton Parkway) from SR 400 to Kimball Bridge Road.
• Widening of SR 120 (Abbotts Bridge Road) from Parsons Road (east of 141) to Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

“Members of the Roundtable acted today to put forward a set of 157 key transportation projects to voters next year that can combat congestion, create and support jobs and enhance the quality of life for residents around the 10-county Atlanta region,” said Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson, chairman of the Roundtable, in a statement.

The vote concluded an 11-month process in which the 21 Roundtable members, defined by H.B. 277, elected a five-member executive committee, reviewed transportation projects from all 10 counties and  whittled down a $23 billion list to $6.1 billion to meet the tax revenue projected by the state.

After the vote, each of the members signed a resolution declaring the approved list to be the final investment list for the 10-county Atlanta region, approving the state economist’s revenue projection and instructing Chairman Johnson to provide the Roundtable final report to the Georgia Department of Transportation and to the election superintendent in each county by the Oct. 15 deadline stated in the Transportation Investment Act.

The Transportation Investment Act is scheduled to be on the ballot in the July 31, 2012, primary.

For a complete list of projects, costs and schedule, see the PDF accompanying this article.