The Sandy Springs Gateway Project Means More Traffic For Buckhead

Developers are falling all over themselves to build thousands of new apartments in Buckhead, and now hundreds more are to be constructed just outside the Buckhead community line in Sandy Springs.

The recently approved Sandy Springs Gateway Project, a mixed-use development of office, retail and 630 residential units, means even more traffic congestion for Buckhead.

The project, which will sit at the intersection of Windsor Parkway and Roswell Road, calls for a complete realignment of the intersection. About $3.7 million of the realignment costs will be paid for by the City of Sandy Springs, while the developer pays city impact fees.

Easing the resulting congestion will prove to be a financial challenge, especially at West Wieuca and Roswell roads.

“As we become denser and lack the transportation infrastructure to support the density, we’re just going to increase gridlock,” said Buckhead’s District 8 Atlanta City Councilwoman Yolanda Adrean in a recent article in Reporter Newspapers.

Although Buckhead residents in the area have consistently vocalized their concerns about the increased traffic the project near Chastain Park is bound to bring, the developer, JLB Partners, said it is unable to address those issues.

Hudson Hooks, a developer with JLB Partners, said “That’s a City of Atlanta thing.”