Sandy Springs Council Speaks Out For I-285/400 Improvements
The intersection of Interstate 285 and Georgia 400 is arguably one of the area’s biggest problems during rush hour.
Now, the Sandy Springs City Council is doing all it can to help get the bottleneck fixed.
As Sandy Springs Mayor Pro Tem Tibby DeJulio describes it, during rush hour, traffic at the 285/400 interchange just sits there and doesn’t move.
“The amount of growth we’ve had in the north metro area has just been exceptional over the last several years with the hospitals, with new companies wanting to move in,” says DeJulio. “We’ve just had such an incredible traffic increase that we with that we feel something has to be done with that intersection.”
The day after the T-SPLOST referendum failed, Gov. Nathan Deal pointed to the interchange as one of the problems the tax money would have fixed and as a project that should still be a top priority.
DeJulio admits that Sandy Springs can’t do anything on its own, but at least the City Council can send a message which it did this week with a unanimous voice. “We agree with the governor that this is a top priority and the sooner it can be handled, the better for everybody, and that we are support of it.”
Ballpark estimates to overhaul the interchange: between $50 million and $100 million.
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