ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Several Mableton residents have filed a lawsuit against the Cobb County Board of Education to stop its plans to build a proposed transportation facility.

The proposed facility will be built at 440 Veterans Memorial Highway and used to store, fuel and service school buses for the district.

“The site is situated near residential neighborhoods and a major thoroughfare, posing significant risks to traffic safety, environmental health and property values in the surrounding community,” the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit claims the board of education “failed to disclose required environmental impact studies under the Georgia Environmental Policy Act, traffic impact analyses under Cobb County Code of Ordinances or other assessments necessary to evaluate the proj

See Full Page