Voters in the ten-county region will have an opportunity to either approve or reject a penny sales tax for transportation investments in a July 31 referendum. The City of Atlanta has begun its work to help its residents understand what types of transportation investments the tax will fund and how their input can help the city identify local transportation-enhancement priorities. In February and March, the City of Atlanta held four Transportation Investment Act public information sessions, including a public information session in northwest Atlanta March 5, at Atlanta Mission on Bolton Road.
Read our recap of the meeting by clicking here.
And see our complete photo gallery below:
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- City of Atlanta senior transportation policy advisor Tom Weyandt outlines the projects included in the Transportation Investment Act project list at the March 5 public information session.
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- Attendees take a moment to look at a map of the major transportation projects included in the final project list. Voters will either approve or reject a penny sales tax in a referendum scheduled for July 31.
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- A northwest Atlanta resident directs a question to Weyandt, seeking to understand what kind of local impact the proposed penny sales tax will have.
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- John Orr, Sr. Principal Planner for Transportation at Atlanta Regional Commission provided support to the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable, a collection of 21 locally-elected officials charged with developing the final project list. The Roundtable finalized the project list last October.
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- Another attendee wants to know who will manage the $6.14 billion the penny sales tax will raise over its 10-year life.
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- City of Atlanta staff provided a map to show the major transportation projects included in the final project list, studied here by a northwest Atlanta resident.
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