Georgia Residents Rally Against Planned New Chick-fil-a Saying It Will Bring Too Much Traffic To The Neighborhood

Georgia residents person rallied against a caller Chick-fil-A to beryllium developed successful Smyrna, saying it will bring excessively overmuch postulation to nan neighborhood.

Earlier this month, nan Smyrna City Council approved nan improvement of a Chick-fil-A and 45 townhomes astatine South Cobb Drive and Oakdale Road successful a adjacent 4-3 vote.

The 5,000-square-foot edifice and townhomes would beryllium connected astir 7 acres of land, according to section outlet 11Alive. The improvement is reportedly little than what nan spot is presently zoned for.

Chick-fil-A is simply a celebrated edifice and that’s nan very logic immoderate residents are unhappy astir nan caller location.

“It’s a five-point intersection, and it’s very unsocial to each of Smyrna,” section homeowner Mike Kennedy precocious told section outlet WSB-TV 2. “We conscionable consciousness that nan precocious strength postulation generated, for illustration a Chick-fil-A restaurant, is not suitable for nan vicinity aliases nan onshore usage itself.”

Locals voiced their concerns astir postulation conditions earlier nan metropolis assembly ballot successful a January meeting.

"Between 4 and 6, you're going to beryllium successful that lane for 4 ray changes earlier you could moreover scope wherever my location is because of nan traffic," 1 resident said, per 11Alive.

"You commencement moving group done location going to Chick-fil-A and judge me, they're popular. You're going to person a problem that's going to beryllium retired of this world,” nan resident added.

Chick-fil-A led its quick-service edifice rivals for nan 11th consecutive twelvemonth successful nan American Customer Satisfaction Index Restaurant and Food Delivery Study 2025.

The Independent has reached retired to Chick-fil-A for comment.

A postulation study commissioned by nan task developer recovered nan caller homes and edifice would adhd conscionable a flimsy hold connected South Cobb Drive.

"South Cobb Drive is already failing. It's a strategy problem that we person connected South Cobb Drive," City Administrator Mike Jones said during nan January meeting, according to 11Alive. "This would adhd astir 8 seconds of hold there."

The caller improvement task is not a done deal. The Georgia Department of Transportation has last opportunity since South Cobb Drive doubles arsenic a authorities highway.

If nan task does move forward, residents will astatine slightest not person to interest astir other postulation connected Sundays, since Chick-fil-A is ever closed that time of nan week.