Fulton County leaders are in agreement that something needs to be done about transportation.

So on Thursday, they agreed to pitch the county’s city councils on a tax that would raise an estimated $568 million to pay for fixing bridges and repaving roads.

The support for the measure increases the likelihood that it will be on the ballot for voters to approve in November.

Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle praised the opportunity to let residents decide if they wanted to spend money to fix “what’s bleeding right now.”

To read more about what the money might pay for, click here.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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