SPLOST

The Henry County Board of Commissioners has approved the 2007 SPLOST Ballot Description of Projects, which will be constructed should the program be approved by voters in November. The adoption of the list came at Tuesday’s called meeting of the Board. The ballot language was approved on August 29, 2007.

The list of projects was based on a conservative estimate of SPLOST III revenues totaling $300 million, of which 75% ($225 million) will go to unincorporated Henry County. The remaining 25% ($75 million) would go to the Cities. The project list was determined after much deliberation and care, as the Commissioners sought to prioritize and narrow down the original list submitted by the SPLOST Oversight Committee, which totaled more than $253 million.

The 2007 SPLOST Ballot Description of Projects, is broken down as 70% for roads, bridges and sidewalks ($157,500,000) and 30% for Capital ($67,500,000), which also includes some land acquisition for public use. The complete list of projects accompanies this article. The SPLOST program to be voted on in November is not an additional sales tax, but rather a replacement of the SPLOST II program collections, which will end in March 2008.