Sandy Springs will get $1.5 million from a Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank loan and a grant announced by Gov. Brian Kemp and the State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) Board of Directors.
The city was awarded the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (GTIB) loan of $850,000 and a GTIB grant of $650,000 for its Boylston Drive project, according to a press release from Kemp’s office.
The project will realign the existing intersection of Hammond Drive and Boylston Drive/Hamilton Glen and install new sidewalks at each corner of the realigned intersection to improve traffic flow and safety.
The project was part of TSPLOST 2021, the city’s transportation sales tax program, with a projected cost of $2.98 million.
The funds for Sandy Springs are part of the $16.9 million in transportation infrastructure projects to get funding through the program.
The Upper Westside CID was also awarded a $1 million GTIB loan for its Chattahoochee Avenue Improvements Phase I, according to the release. The funds will be used on a one-mile-long project to convert a westbound turn lane to eastbound at the Howell Mill and Chattahoochee Avenue intersection. In addition it will streamline signal operations at Howell Mill and Defoor Avenue. A multiuse path will be constructed along Chattahoochee Avenue between Southland Circle NW and Howell Mill Road. The project is designed to improve freight access to I-75 and improve multimodal travel.
“Our state’s unprecedented economic growth is in part thanks to our reliable transportation infrastructure network that serves both hardworking Georgians and the job creators that employ them,” Kemp said, according to the release.
