Pedestrians walking along Glenridge Drive near the Interstate 285 interchange will get a continuous path where a gap has forced them off the sidewalk, after the Sandy Springs City Council voted Tuesday, July 21, to fund the fix.
The $300,000 project will fill a missing stretch of sidepath on the east side of Glenridge Drive just south of I-285. Once built, it will connect the path running underneath the interstate bridge from the intersection of Glenridge Drive and Johnson Ferry Road toward Hammond Drive.
Sandy Springs will pay $150,000. The Fulton Perimeter Community Improvement District will cover the other half.
How the gap happened
The area around the I-285/GA-400 interchange received new sidepaths as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's Transform 285/400 improvement project. But this particular stretch was left out of that plan.
"There's this gap that somehow did not get included in Transform 285," Public Works Director Marty Martin told the council. "The CID will execute the design of the project … [and] the city will execute construction of the project."
The Perimeter CID approved the cost-sharing agreement in February. Sandy Springs' $150,000 share is budgeted in the city's fiscal year 2027 capital plan, funded through the general fund rather than sales tax revenue.
A second sidepath also approved
At the same July 21 meeting, the council approved a right-of-way agreement and temporary construction easement to build a separate sidepath from Hammond Drive to Wellington Trace. That project carries a $322,000 price tag funded through the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
The Hammond Drive corridor between Roswell Road and Glenridge Drive carries roughly 17,500 vehicles a day and lacks sidewalks and marked crosswalks, according to the city's project page for planned Hammond Drive improvements.
Broader pedestrian investment
The city's FY 2027 capital budget also includes a separate $370,000 allocation for a Glenridge Connector intersection improvement at Johnson Ferry Road, adding to pedestrian infrastructure spending along the corridor.
A new TSPLOST covering 2027–2032 will go before voters in November. If approved, Sandy Springs would receive between $95 million and $129 million for transportation projects including major intersections, roadway improvements, and the Holcomb Bridge Road multiuse path.
No construction start date has been announced for the Glenridge Drive sidepath gap fill. Residents can contact the Sandy Springs Public Works Department at 770-730-5600 for project updates.
