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Council approves $4.02 million milling and resurfacing contract and keeps downtown bike shoulder
Summary
Council awarded the FY26 milling and resurfacing contract and, after council discussion and public-safety and bike-group input, directed staff to retain the bike shoulder on Academy Street instead of adding 19 parallel parking spaces. The city also authorized a Georgia DOT local maintenance grant tied to resurfacing.
Alpharetta’s City Council on Sept. 8 approved the fiscal-year 2026 milling and resurfacing contract and related Georgia Department of Transportation local maintenance and improvement grant, while instructing staff to retain the existing bike shoulder on Academy Street rather than add proposed parallel parking.
Director Sacevich said the city applied for a FY26 LMIG (local maintenance and improvement grant) worth $781,161.80 with a $234,348.54 local match to fund milling and resurfacing as part of the FY26 capital budget. The council voted unanimously to authorize submission of the grant application and to accept the grant authorization resolution.
The city then opened bids for the annual milling and resurfacing package (ITB26-001). Ten bidders submitted; Bridal R Paving (reported as the low bidder in staff remarks) was recommended for award. The contract award was presented at $4,016,796.73 for the FY26 milling and resurfacing program. Included in the project scope was a resurfacing option for Academy Street downtown to address sight-line and parking complaints near Brook Street Park.
Staff presented two layout options for Academy Street: one removed a bike shoulder to add 19 parallel spaces along the park; the other retained the narrow bike shoulder and added no parking spaces. Council members, including Councilman Hypes and Councilman Garrido, expressed a preference to keep the bike shoulder to support downtown bicyclists and preserve the park’s pedestrian character. Councilman Garrido moved to award the contract to the low bidder and adopt the bike-shoulder option; the motion passed unanimously.
Council also discussed enforcement and loading behavior: staff noted existing loading zones on Academy Street and said illegal parking in a two-way left-turn lane was a separate enforcement issue.
Outcome: council approved the contractor award for ITB26-001 and authorized the FY26 milling and resurfacing project; council directed staff to implement the bike-shoulder configuration on Academy Street rather than converting that curb to parallel parking.
