Commissioners Move Ahead With Changes to Transportation Sales Tax Plan

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

Athens-Clarke County commissioners moved ahead Tuesday night with a plan to revamp how the county funds some transportation projects.

The changes would come to the county’s Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or TSPLOST. That’s a one percent tax, approved by Clarke County voters, that funds a list of transportation improvements. The current TSPLOST is set to meet its revenue goal much earlier than expected, meaning that county voters will vote on the next one in May 2026 instead of November, as originally scheduled.

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