Fulton's transportation sales tax renewal passed by 3,866 votes, unofficial results show. Alpharetta's precincts voted no by 437. The city's $71.6 million list is next.
Fulton County voters renewed the county’s transportation sales tax Tuesday, by fewer than 4,000 votes. Alpharetta’s own precincts voted against it.
The renewal of the 0.75-cent Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or TSPLOST, won 129,283 votes to 125,417. That is 50.8% to 49.2%, a margin of 3,866 votes. All 257 precincts voting on the question had reported. The figures are unofficial until the county certifies them. They come from the Georgia Secretary of State’s results page.
The tax applies in Fulton County outside the city of Atlanta, so voters in Atlanta did not see the question.
How Alpharetta voted
The state’s results break each contest down by precinct. In the 23 precincts whose codes begin with AP, the county’s code for Alpharetta, the renewal lost:
- No: 14,046 votes (50.8%)
- Yes: 13,609 votes (49.2%)
That is a margin of 437 votes. Precinct lines do not follow city limits exactly, so treat these as a close guide to the city’s vote, not an exact count.
Alpharetta was not alone in north Fulton. The precincts coded for Roswell, Johns Creek and Milton voted no too. Sandy Springs’ precincts voted yes.
| Precincts coded for | Yes | No | Yes share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs, about 11 miles south | 23,843 | 19,005 | 55.6% |
| Alpharetta | 13,609 | 14,046 | 49.2% |
| Roswell, about five miles south | 20,094 | 22,071 | 47.7% |
| Johns Creek, about five miles east | 16,139 | 17,690 | 47.7% |
| Milton, about six miles north | 7,717 | 9,727 | 44.2% |
Source: precinct results on the Georgia Secretary of State’s results page, grouped by each precinct’s two-letter city code. Unofficial.
What Alpharetta gets
The vote unlocks Alpharetta’s share of the tax. The city’s TSPLOST 2026 fact sheet estimates about $71.6 million over five years for its first two tiers of projects. The biggest lines are:
- Citywide road maintenance: $30.9 million
- Sidewalks, trails and streetscapes: $22.5 million in Tier 1, including the Northwinds Alpha Loop, Brookside corridor work and a north-side Kimball Bridge Road sidewalk
- Hembree Road corridor improvements, Wills Road to Morrison Parkway: $3.5 million
- Mansell Road improvements, Georgia 400 to Old Roswell Road, and the Clubhouse and Douglas intersection: $4 million together
- Tier 2: $10.7 million, including the Charlotte mini-roundabout, improvements at Haynes Bridge Road and Mansell Road, and more Alpha Loop sections
The full list, tier by tier, is in our pre-election story on the project list. The fact sheet says the city picks and manages its own projects.
Countywide, the renewal is expected to raise about $650 million over five years, the county said on Oct. 20.
School sales tax passes more easily
The same ballot carried a renewal of the 1-cent education sales tax, ESPLOST. It passed countywide with 298,924 votes to 138,060, or 68.4%, the state’s results show. In Alpharetta’s precincts it won 63.1%, by 17,329 votes to 10,146.
Alpharetta’s public schools are run by Fulton County Schools, whose board voted in June to put the question on the ballot. The current tax expires June 30, 2027. The renewal covers about $1.306 billion in the district’s Capital Plan 2032 projects, the district said in its June 22 board bulletin. The district lists projects school by school on its Capital Plan 2032 projects page.
What it means for you
- The sales tax rate does not change. Both questions renewed existing taxes, so you keep paying the same rate at stores in Fulton County outside Atlanta.
- The results are unofficial. The county still has to certify them. We will update this story if the certified count changes the outcome.
- Watch for the road projects. We track current work on our road construction and closures page.
- How your district voted for the state House, state Senate, Congress and the county commission is in our Alpharetta election results story.
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