
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.
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