Held at City Hall, these commission meetings are open to the public and televised locally on ACTV.Ĭollections for TSPLOST 2018 are anticipated to be completed by late 2022. The planning, design, and construction of the TSPLOST projects are reviewed and approved by the Mayor and Commission at regularly scheduled meetings. In December 2017, the Mayor and Commission approved the funding allocation and scheduling of the local improvement projects. On November 7, 2017, the TSPLOST 2018 program was approved by Athens-Clarke County voters to fund 19 projects related to transportation purposes. These transportation projects would otherwise be paid for with General Fund and property tax revenues.
- Stormwater and drainage capital outlay projects, in conjunction with transportation projects.
- patching, leveling, milling, widening, shoulder preparation, culvert repair, and other repairs necessary for their preservation.
- improvement of surface-water drainage and/or.
- renovation and improvement, including resurfacing.
- Roads, streets, sidewalks, bicycle paths, and bridge purposes such as:.
- 'Transportation purposes' includes roads, bridges, public transit, rails, airports, buses, and all accompanying infrastructure and services necessary to provide access to these facilities.
- See Official Code of Georgia (O.C.G.A) 48-8-260(5) for more details.
General guidelines for TSPLOST projects are below. For a TSPLOST to be enacted, it must be approved by voters in a referendum. A Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) is a 1% sales tax collected for a specific program of transportation projects.