Fulton's transportation sales tax passed 50.8% to 49.2% in unofficial results. Roswell precincts voted no, but the city expects about $98 million for roads.
Fulton County voters renewed the transportation sales tax, T-SPLOST 2026, on Tuesday by a margin of 3,866 votes. Roswell’s own precincts voted against it.
The renewal passed 129,283 to 125,417, or 50.8% to 49.2%. All 257 precincts that voted on it have reported. The results are unofficial until the county certifies them. That is according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s results page.
In Roswell’s 26 precincts, the question failed 22,071 to 20,094, or 52.3% to 47.7%. Those are the precincts Fulton County codes RW, the same ones listed in the city’s own election reports. We added them up from the precinct-level results the state publishes.
It does not change the outcome. The tax is levied across Fulton County outside the city of Atlanta, and it is decided by a single countywide vote. The city said before the election that it “will pass even if the majority of Roswell voters vote against it,” on its T-SPLOST page.
What the tax pays for in Roswell
The renewal keeps the existing sales tax of three-quarters of a cent. It runs for five years, through March 2032, the city says. Without it, the current tax would have ended in March 2027.
Roswell expects about $98.2 million from it. That figure is from the city’s T-SPLOST 2026 fact sheet, published by Fulton County. The projects come in three tiers. Tier 1 costs $83.5 million and Tier 2 costs $14.7 million, which together match the revenue estimate. Tier 3 lists another $14.7 million of projects.
Tier 1 includes:
- citywide resurfacing, $15 million
- bridge work, about $9.2 million
- intersection work at Alpharetta Highway and Mansell Road, and at Crabapple Road and Hembree Road, $6.87 million together
- corridor work on Nesbit Ferry Road from Holcomb Bridge Road (state Route 140) to Old Alabama Road, and on Hembree Road from Wills Road to Maxwell Road, $11 million together
- four trail and sidewalk projects, $41.4 million together: the Norcross Street multi-use trail from Canton Street to Pattingham Drive, the Vickery Creek Trail rehabilitation from Oxbo Road to the waterfall by the mill ruins, the East Roswell Loop trail from Old Alabama Road to Eves Road, and sidewalk improvements on Atlanta Street from state Route 120 to Hill Street
Tier 2 adds $7.9 million more resurfacing and an intersection project at Hardscrabble Road and King Road. Tier 3 includes residential traffic calming, Holcomb Bridge Road median islands and three more trails.
Why it matters for the city budget
The city’s proposed 2027 budget pays for $3 million of road resurfacing from the current T-SPLOST. It says the new tax would be added to the budget later if voters approved it. We covered the plan, which assumes a 1-mill city property tax increase, in our 2027 budget story.
How Roswell voted in other races
Roswell’s precincts also voted for the school sales tax question on the county ballot, the “Special ESPLOST.” It renews the existing education sales tax, according to Fulton County Schools. It passed countywide with 68.4%, and with 60.6% in Roswell’s precincts.
These are the totals in the 26 Roswell precincts, from the same state results:
| Race | Roswell precincts | Statewide winner |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate | Jon Ossoff 59.6%, Mike Collins 40.4% | Ossoff, 59.0% |
| Governor | Keisha Lance Bottoms 51.7%, Rick Jackson 48.3% | Bottoms, 54.3% |
| U.S. House, District 7 | Tony Kozycki 54.6%, Rich McCormick 45.4% | McCormick, 56.2% districtwide |
| County Commission chair | Mo Ivory 52.7%, Eric J. Tatum 47.3% | Ivory, 75.0% countywide |
| Amendment 1 | Yes 54.0% | Yes, 53.9% |
| Amendment 2 | Yes 68.3% | Yes, 68.4% |
| Amendment 3 | Yes 78.7% | Yes, 77.7% |
All of Roswell’s precincts are in the 7th Congressional District. Rich McCormick won the district even though Roswell’s precincts favored Kozycki.
Parts of Roswell also voted in these races. The winners below are from the full district results:
- County Commission, District 1 (14 Roswell precincts): Maggie Goldman won 56.7% to 43.3% over Bridget Thorne.
- State Senate: Kevin Abel won District 14, Jason T. Dickerson won District 21 and John Albers won District 56.
- State House: Jack Miller won District 47, Adam Cleveland won District 48, Charles E. “Chuck” Martin won District 49, Esther Panitch won District 51 and Beth Fuller won District 53.
Every race on a Roswell ballot was decided outright, so no Roswell voter faces a Dec. 1 runoff.
What it means for you
- The sales tax rate does not change. The three-quarters of a cent continues past March 2027 instead of ending.
- The results are not final yet. Fulton County’s Board of Registration and Elections holds a pre-certification meeting Friday, Nov. 6, and plans to certify Monday, Nov. 9, according to its Registration and Elections page.
- Watch the budget. The council holds a budget workshop Friday, Nov. 6, and the first public reading is 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at City Hall, 38 Hill St.
- See your own ballot’s results. The Secretary of State’s results page lists every contest by county and precinct.
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