Gwinnett to Hold SPLOST Input Hearing for Senior Services in Snellville

Written by Faye Edmundson

A series of meetings hosted by Gwinnett County are scheduled to take place in the next week to seek public input on capital projects for senior services that could be funded by the proposed SPLOST extension.

A three-year renewal of the one-cent special purpose local option sales tax will go before voters in a referendum Nov. 5.

A meeting was already held in Buford on Tuesday morning, but the public is invited to attend any of the other meetings: 

October 3 · 10 a.m.
Norcross Senior Center
5030 Georgia Belle Court
Norcross, GA  30039

October 4 · 10 a.m.
Centerville Senior Center
3025 Bethany Church Road
Snellville, GA  30039

October 7 · 10 a.m.
Lawrenceville Senior Center
225 Benson Street
Lawrenceville, GA  30046

The referendum will ask whether voters wish to renew the one-cent SPLOST after the current program ends next March. If approved, the SPLOST program will focus primarily on transportation but will also include funding for other purposes such as public safety, parks, libraries, and senior facilities. The new program will end in March 2017 and raise an estimated total of $498 million.

According to an intergovernmental agreement between Gwinnett County and its 16 cities, county government will receive 78.9 percent of the proceeds and the cities will receive 21.1 percent. Buford would receive an estimated $5.9 million.

 The county has determined that 70 percent of its share, or an estimated $275 million, will be dedicated to ransportation projects such as roads, bridges, intersection improvements, and sidewalks.

For more information about the upcoming senior services meetings, call 770-822-8833.

To learn more about SPLOST in Gwinnett County, visit www.gwinnettsplost.com.