Politics & Government
Northeast Roads Wish List Nearly Complete
Regional leaders are expected to approve projects this week for next year's transportation sales tax vote.
Time's running out to bend local officials' ears about what to build and fix if voters approve a 1-cent sales tax for transportation projects next year.
A group of two-dozen city and county leaders are meeting Thursday to finalize Northeast Georgia's list, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. The group represents 12 counties, including Barrow, Clarke and Oconee.
Items on the billion-dollar list include Athens bike lanes, a Winder bypass among several Barrow County projects, and freeway-style interchanges on Highway 316. A public hearing in Oconee County revealed about widening projects there, but the Banner-Herald reports that Northeast Georgia leaders are largely in agreement on the package.
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The referendum, dubbed T-SPLOST for Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, is planned for next year. The General Assembly this summer discussed moving the date from July to the general election in November,
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