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Funding clears to reopen jail in Alpharetta By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com
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The White Columns Homeowners Association is attempting to reach an agreement with the Milton City Council to install four new radar feedback signs to address the ongoing “speeding problem.” Residents say they’re not needed, because four signs were already recently installed.
City divided over HOA action
Officials delay vote to help neighborhood pay for traffic-calming By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council voted May 2 to defer a potential agreement with the White Columns Homeowners Association to install four new radar feedback signs in their neighborhood. Following an hours-long discussion and pushback from several residents, the
City Council voted 5-2 to defer a decision on the measure. Councilwoman Juliette Johnson and Mayor Peyton Jamison cast the dissenting votes. Milton’s Traffic Calming program allows subdivisions to apply for city funding to share in the costs of installing traffic calming devices on local public streets. Using data collected by the city, White Columns Drive and Treyburn Manor View
inside the White Columns Country Club met the threshold in the city code, stating that 50 percent of vehicles must be exceeding the posted speed limit for such measures to be considered. Public Works Director Sara Leaders said that in the past decade, the city has reached similar agreements with eight
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ATLANTA — Police in North Fulton County may no longer be quite as quick to release offenders with citations after action May 4 by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. The board approved $517,000 in funding to reopen the Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta, which closed in early 2020. The vote was 6-1, with Chairman Rob Pitts casting the lone dissent. Pitts did not comment on the matter prior to commissioners calling the question. In addition to funding to pay for refurbishments to the facility, the approval calls for the county to develop an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Alpharetta regarding jail operations. Alpharetta sent a draft agreement to the county in March, though it has not been approved. Alpharetta, along with other North Fulton cities, have advocated for reopening the jail. Since its closure, North Fulton County law enforcement agencies have had to transport those arrested more than 25 miles south to Atlanta.
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