SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — North Fulton County families are fighting a new proposal they say will tear their community apart.
In March, Channel 2's Lauren Pozen reported how the city wants to destroy a park in front of several Sandy Springs homes and replace it with a road.
Brooke Henze’s home on Johnson Ferry Road is one of a handful that would be directly impacted by Sandy Springs' current proposal to elevate traffic along the Mount Vernon Highway and Johnson Ferry Road intersection.
“I purposely wanted to be very close to where I work because I have two little girls and I wanted to be able to get to my place of work very quickly,” Henze said. “We all love Sandy Springs. We have no desire to create drama in our community, but this is worth fighting for. This is our homes.”
There are three different options to realign Johnson Ferry Road. One includes traffic circles. The other two are grid options.
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Henze said she and other concerned residents have since tried to approach the city to voice their concerns, but have gotten nowhere.
Last week, she told Pozen she learned a home with deep roots in the community could be compromised.
The home belongs to 91-year-old Doris Spruil. Henze said she’s lived at her Mount Vernon home for 68 years and is well known in the community.
“She pretty much laid it out there that the city had come to her and made an offer to her for her property,” Henze said.
She said the loss of that property would be catastrophic to the community and its history in Sandy Springs.
“She sees her property as a gift to the community. She takes care of it because she knows that people enjoy it,” Henze said.
Pozen contacted the city of Sandy Springs and was told all options are being looked at to create the best possible project for the safety and operational needs in the area.
The city said the current plan development takes into account feedback from the community, but residents said that's not the case.
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