Chattahoochee Hills’ transportation-tax plan puts 93% toward maintenance and safety; voters decide Nov. 3

Chattahoochee Hills’ plan for the transportation sales-tax renewal on the Nov. 3 ballot is overwhelmingly a maintenance plan. If voters approve it and collections meet the forecast, about 93% of the city’s estimated $3.67 million share would go to maintenance and safety improvements.⁠[1][2]

The referendum asks voters in Fulton County outside Atlanta to authorize a 0.75% sales and use tax for transportation improvements and congestion reduction for up to five years. Officials describe it as a renewal. The intergovernmental agreement sets the proposed tax period from April 1, 2027, through March 31, 2032.⁠[1][2][3]

At the forecast level, Chattahoochee Hills would put $3,417,374 toward maintenance and safety, $73,492 toward quick-response projects and $183,729 toward project management. Those are planned allocations—not money already collected.⁠[1]

The city’s project list also carries a larger total, $4,225,784. That is not the same revenue estimate. The county divides spending priorities into three tiers: the first covers collections at 85% of forecast, the first two together cover 100%, and all three cover 115%. For Chattahoochee Hills, those cumulative levels are approximately $3.12 million, $3.67 million and $4.23 million. The exhibit explicitly says the proceeds are not guaranteed.⁠[4]

The local list answers how the money would be divided, but not which roads would get work first. It names maintenance and safety, quick response and project management in each tier, without identifying individual roads or construction dates. A vote for the tax would therefore support these transportation purposes, not a published street-by-street delivery schedule in this exhibit.⁠[4]

The agreement calls for annual audits of the proceeds and public reports showing project costs, spending, estimated completion dates and corrective action for work that is underfunded or behind schedule. Those requirements would provide a way to track spending and progress after a renewal.⁠[3]

A separate question concerns schools. Across Fulton County, voters will decide whether to continue the existing 1% education sales tax beginning July 1, 2027, for up to five years, with a collection ceiling of about $2.096 billion. The question sets limits of approximately $1.306 billion for Fulton County Schools and $789.5 million for the Atlanta school system.⁠[5]

The education measure includes school construction and renovations, technology and security improvements, equipment and buses. It also has a borrowing provision: a yes vote would authorize up to $350 million in general-obligation debt for the Atlanta school system, payable from its share of the tax. Approval would authorize that borrowing; it would not establish that bonds had been issued.⁠[5]

Early voting is scheduled for Oct. 13–30. Fulton County voters may use any county advance-voting location, including Palmetto Library at 9111 Cascade Palmetto Highway and the Elections Hub and Operations Center at 5600 Campbellton Fairburn Road in Union City. Hours are 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday and noon–5 p.m. Sunday.⁠[6][7]

On Nov. 3, voters must use their assigned polling place; polls are scheduled to open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The county’s list places its listed Chattahoochee Hills precincts at City Hall, 6505 Rico Road. Confirm your assignment and personal sample ballot at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/: the consolidated ballot includes contests that do not apply to every voter. The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is Oct. 23.⁠[2][5][7][8]