The Sandy Springs City Council approved the $2.6 million sale of approximately 14 acres of North Island Ferry Road riverfront property to expand the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.

Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks Director Brent Walker told the city council at its Sept. 2 meeting that the National Park Service is unable to buy land directly from a municipality. The city will sell the land to the Trust for Public Land, which will sell it to the park service.

Sandy Springs bought the property using impact fee funds at 8901 North Island Ferry Road in March 2020 for $750,000. Impact fee funds are collected from developers of new construction projects. The funds are used to pay for the infrastructure required to support that development.

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