Last week, when discussing capital projects, county commissioners mentioned a transportation SPLOST as one possible option to provide additional funding towards transportation projects. Since enacting a T-SPLOST would ultimately be decided by voters in a local referendum before it could take effect, Moving Henry Forward is asking residents their opinion in the survey embedded below.... Continue Reading →
The Transportation Investment Act, otherwise known as regional transportation SPLOST, surpassed one billion dollars in total tax collections during 2019. The program collects a one-percent sales tax in four out of twelve regions within the state. Many will remember summer 2012 when the TIA referendum failed in nine out of twelve statewide regions, including metro... Continue Reading →
We would like to reflect back on the regional T-SPLOST proposal from 2012 and the projects included in Henry County. This is not done in an effort to persuade voters that it should have passed, but rather to illustrate that the county's priorities six years ago remain priorities now. In many ways, we are in... Continue Reading →
This is part 4 of the GDOT projects series after a joint meeting between Georgia Department of Transportation project managers and the Henry County Board of Commissioners. *** Federal funding was awarded in 2017 to cover right of way acquisition. Preliminary engineering was funded with federal funds in 2015. Federal dollars require a 20% local match... Continue Reading →
