Sandy Springs, Gwinnett Agree To Widen Spalding Drive

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Sandy Springs leaders have approved an intergovernmental agreement with Gwinnett County to bring road improvements along Spalding Drive. Council members approved implementing the IGA at its Oct. 2 meeting for the project connecting the city to Gwinnett.

Plans for the project call for widening Spalding Drive from River Exchange Drive to Winters Chapel Road and replacing an existing bridge.

Sandy Springs has included multi-use paths along Spalding Drive as part of its TSPLOST program. With the agreement with Sandy Springs, Gwinnett County will install a multi-use path on the south side of Spalding Drive and a sidewalk on the north side of the thoroughfare. The sidewalks will connect to the existing sidewalks on Holcomb Bridge Road, and will provide enhanced connectivity to Crooked Creek Park and surrounding neighborhoods.

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The project will be coordinated by Gwinnett County and the cities of Peachtree Corners and Sandy Springs. Officials have estimated the project to cost about $10.5 million, with the Sandy Springs contribution around $1.2 million. The Spalding Drive Widening Project is included in Gwinnett County’s 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) program.

Councilman John Paulson, whose District 1 includes Spalding Drive, said improvements in this area has been on the minds of Peachtree Corners — the city where this will occur — for many years.

"I’m tickled to see that Gwinnett is doing this," he said.

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