Sandy Springs will gain new sidewalk and streetscape space along Roswell Road after Fulton County commissioners approved a land transfer at their Wednesday, July 15 meeting.

The board voted to hand over 3,044 square feet of county-owned property at 5025 Roswell Road, plus a temporary construction easement of about 1,535 square feet, to the City of Sandy Springs. The transfer clears the way for the city to build sidewalk and streetscape improvements at the site. Both Sandy Springs-area items on the agenda passed on the consent agenda without separate discussion.

The land transfer aligns with Sandy Springs' draft Transportation Master Plan, which identifies Roswell Road as a priority corridor. The plan calls for more than $250 million in transportation investments over the next decade but has not yet received final City Council approval. Between 2020 and 2024, Roswell Road accounted for more than one-third of all crashes on city surface streets and more than 40 percent of pedestrian crashes, according to a study by Modern Mobility Partners prepared for the city. Nearly 8 percent of Sandy Springs households lack access to a personal vehicle, making pedestrian infrastructure a direct mobility issue for thousands of residents.

"Traffic planning and transportation planning has to go hand-in-hand with that, or else traffic is going to be very bad," Sandy Springs City Councilman Andrew Chinsky said in late June, when the draft plan was presented to City Council. "But when done right, it can reduce traffic and create a nice walkable downtown area where people are living here."

SR 400 sewer deal shifts cost from county

Commissioners also approved a memorandum of understanding with the Georgia Department of Transportation to relocate Fulton County sewer lines in the path of the $4.6 billion SR 400 Express Lanes project. The work will be done at no cost to the county.

The express lanes project, which broke ground in April 2026, will add dynamically priced toll lanes along 16 miles of SR 400 from the North Springs MARTA Station to McFarland Parkway in Forsyth County. SR 400 Peach Partners, a joint venture of ACS Infra, Acciona Concessions, and Meridiam, is building the corridor under a 56-year public-private partnership with GDOT. The project timeline targets a 2031 opening, according to GDOT.

The sewer relocation covers infrastructure along I-285 between the Chattahoochee River and Burnt Fork Creek, and along SR 400 from Northland Drive to the North Springs MARTA Station.

$9.5 million for North Fulton crisis center

In a separate action item, the board accepted a $9,481,532 grant from the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to plan and design a Behavioral Health Crisis Center in North Fulton. The contract runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. No site has been publicly identified.

Roswell Road resurfacing

Commissioners approved a $174,000 agreement with GDOT to adjust 58 sanitary sewer manholes along Roswell Road from Meadowbrook Drive to Abernathy Road, part of a state resurfacing project on that stretch. The $174,000 covers the county's share for manhole work, not the full resurfacing cost.

The July 15 meeting was chaired by Chairman Robert L. Pitts.