The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has submitted to the planning director of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) a "wish list" of transportation projects for the Metro Atlanta region.
This is a critical step in a process that could lead to a regional penny sales tax to fund transportation.
As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, in 2010 the Georgia legislature passed--after years of inaction--HB 277, a plan for regional referendums to occur in 2012 on whether to assess a penny sales tax in those regions for transportation projects.
In July 2012, each of the ten special transportation districts will vote on whether to assess a penny sales tax in voters' respective districts.
Each district is responsible for creating its own transportation wish list, in cooperation with GDOT.
Over the last couple months, cities and counties across the region have been developing their wish lists for inclusion in the regional wish list. Many county commissions worked with the city councils in those counties to present unified city-county lists, Jim Jaquish told APN. But that was not the case with Fulton County, where Atlanta and numerous other cities submitted wish lists in addition to that of the county.
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This is a critical step in a process that could lead to a regional penny sales tax to fund transportation.
As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, in 2010 the Georgia legislature passed--after years of inaction--HB 277, a plan for regional referendums to occur in 2012 on whether to assess a penny sales tax in those regions for transportation projects.
In July 2012, each of the ten special transportation districts will vote on whether to assess a penny sales tax in voters' respective districts.
Each district is responsible for creating its own transportation wish list, in cooperation with GDOT.
Over the last couple months, cities and counties across the region have been developing their wish lists for inclusion in the regional wish list. Many county commissions worked with the city councils in those counties to present unified city-county lists, Jim Jaquish told APN. But that was not the case with Fulton County, where Atlanta and numerous other cities submitted wish lists in addition to that of the county.
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