Atlanta One-Cent Transportation Sales Tax Wish Lists Due Tomorrow
Decatur Metro | March 29, 2011The Atlanta metro’s one-cent transportation sales tax has a VERY long way to go before it even has a chance of being put before voters for a vote in late 2012. However, as Thomas Wheatley points out, tomorrow is the deadline for cities, counties and a certain transit authority to submit their “wish list” to the state.
Wheatley notes that Atlanta will most likely wait until the very last minute to submit their list. However, MARTA’s already submitted their list. According to the AJC, the list includes: a new rail line from Lindbergh Station to Emory ($685 million), an extension of the Gold Line from Doraville Station outside I-285 (Cost: $145 million), an extension of the Blue Line in both east Cost: ($522 million) and west ($582 million), and a $1 billion “mass transit lane” (bus or rail) along eastern I-20 from “central Atlanta” to Candler Road.
I’m checking with the city and Mayor Floyd (who’s one of five voting members on the transportation sales-tax exec committee) about whether Decatur has submitted a list of projects.
Until I hear back, what’s on your Atlanta transportation wish-list?
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I expect “rejecting the TIA in 2012″ will soon be at the top of my list. Bring on the penalty!
How about they cut back on wasteful spending and trim the budget, then come talk to me about adding new taxes.
If only we could all agree on what was “wasteful”, that might be easy to accomplish!
1 BILLION for a mass transit lane to candler road? insane.