Renewing Fulton's 0.75-cent TSPLOST would bring Alpharetta about $71.6 million over five years, mostly for road upkeep and sidewalks. Here is the city's project list.
Alpharetta voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to renew Fulton County’s transportation sales tax. If it passes, the city expects about $71.6 million over five years. Most of it would go to road maintenance and to new sidewalks and trail links.
The tax is the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or TSPLOST. It adds 0.75 cents to every dollar spent in Fulton County outside the city of Atlanta. Voters in 14 north and south Fulton cities will see the renewal question on their ballots, the county said on Oct. 20.
The ballot question will read, according to the county’s TSPLOST page:
“Shall an additional .75 percent sales tax be collected in that part of Fulton County, Georgia, outside of the City of Atlanta, for five years for the purpose of transportation improvements and congestion reduction?”
The renewal would keep the current rate of 0.75 cents, the county says.
Countywide, the renewal would raise about $650 million over the next five years, the county said. The money is split among the cities by population, and each city picks and manages its own projects.
What Alpharetta would build
Alpharetta’s list comes from the city’s TSPLOST 2026 fact sheet and project list, published by the county. The city approved every project with input from residents, the fact sheet says. Projects are in three tiers, and the $71.6 million estimate covers Tiers 1 and 2.
Tier 1, $60.9 million:
- Citywide maintenance: $30.9 million, the biggest single line
- Operations and safety, $4 million: an improvement at the Clubhouse and Douglas intersection, and Mansell Road improvements from Georgia 400 to Old Roswell Road
- Congestion relief, $3.5 million: Hembree Road corridor improvements from Wills Road to Morrison Parkway
- Sidewalks, trails and streetscapes, $22.5 million:
- Academy Street sidewalk improvements, from the Presbyterian church to Fire Station 81
- Brookside corridor enhancements
- Kimball Bridge Road sidewalk, north side, from Northwinds Parkway to Westside Parkway
- the Northwinds Alpha Loop
- a Windward sidewalk
Tier 2, $10.7 million:
- Operations and safety, $3 million: the Charlotte mini-roundabout and improvements at Haynes Bridge Road and Mansell Road
- Sidewalks and trails, $7.7 million: sections and crossings of the Alpha Loop, and a Milton Avenue sidewalk
Tier 3, $10.7 million:
- a Canton Street sidewalk from Mayfield to Vaughan ($9.5 million)
- quick-response projects and debt payment ($1.2 million)
Tier 3 sits outside the $71.6 million revenue estimate. All three tiers together total $82.4 million, the project list says.
How Alpharetta compares with its neighbors
Each city’s fact sheet gives its own revenue estimate for Tiers 1 and 2:
| City | Estimated TSPLOST revenue |
|---|---|
| Sandy Springs, about 11 miles south | $112.3 million |
| Roswell, about five miles south | $98.2 million |
| Johns Creek, about five miles east | $86.4 million |
| Alpharetta | $71.6 million |
| Milton, about six miles north | $44.2 million |
Sources: the county’s fact sheets for Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek and Milton.
What it means for you
- It is a renewal, not a new tax. Fulton voters approved TSPLOST in 2016, and north and south Fulton voters renewed it in 2021, the county says. The question asks whether to keep the 0.75-cent tax for another five years.
- You pay it when you shop anywhere in Fulton County outside Atlanta, whether or not you live in Alpharetta.
- Early voting runs through Friday, Oct. 30, including at the Alpharetta Library, 10 Park Plaza. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Dates, hours and sites are in our Fulton County voting guide.
- See the question before you vote. Your sample ballot is on the state’s My Voter Page.
- Watch the roads that would change. Current work across the city is on our road construction and closures page.
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