Politics & Government

Cobb SPLOST Forum Set for Feb. 23

Among those projects no longer on the list is the construction of Windy Hill Boulevard for $20.8 million.

Cobb residents interested in the proposed SPLOST extension can hear from both sides at a forum Feb. 23.

If approved by voters in a March 15 referendum, the special four-year tax would begin Jan. 1, 2012, just as the current collection period ends. The new tax would generate $492 million for parks, recreation and transportation maintenance projects.

In December, the Smyrna City Council voted 6-1 to approve a new reduced four-year SPLOST, with Council member Wade Lnenicka voting against.

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The original six-year special purpose local option sales tax was projected to bring the city of Smyrna almost $52 million for municipal improvements. The new four-year SPLOST with its slashed project list is expected to bring Smyrna $33.9 million.

Among the Tier 1 projects slated for Smyrna are the construction of a landscaped median and multi-use trail on Concord Road between South Cobb Drive and Atlanta Road (estimated project cost: $11,755,000), and the resurfacing of various streets citywide (est. $4,366,00).

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Among those projects no longer on the list is the construction of Windy Hill Boulevard for $20.8 million.

Arguments for passage of the SPLOST will be presented by Rose Wing of Citizens for Cobb’s Future, which supports the extension. Lance Lamberton, president of the Cobb County Taxpayers Association, will give the opposing view.

The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Marietta-Cobb, will begin at 7 p.m. in the government complex at 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta. The forum will also be broadcast on the county’s cable Channel 23.


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