2012 Atlanta Region Transportation Referendum (air quality, schedule, quality)

[PKCorey]

Nathan Deal: Ga. 400 tolls to come down by end of year | Political Insider

2013 is the earliest that they can pay it back without facing a penalty.

[cqholt]

At least get the 400 to 85 North ramps completed.

[LynnHarris]

FYI...

Mass Transit week to include info sessions on T-SPLOST - Atlanta Business Chronicle

[mike7586]

Here is a great link that includes videos of all the proposed projects in east subregion of Metro Atlanta. Sometimes it's more helpful to visualize everything:

TIA Tsplost - One Percent Sales Tax Referendum to Fund Transportation Projects in the Atlanta Region

[cqholt]

Early voting information for all counties
Important Early Voting Information | Transform Metro Atlanta

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by PKCorey

From WSB on Twitter:
BREAKING - Gov. Deal announces Ga. 400 tolls will come down by Dec. 2013. RT if you like this news.

Good! He finally listened to all of the negative feedback.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by rcsteiner

Good! He finally listened to all of the negative feedback.

There was negative feedback from some quarters, but that was also intense pressure from residents and businesses around 400 to keep the tolls in place until the road was finished.

It would have been outrageous to remove the tolls with 400's major terminus still only half-finished. Talk about a breach of promise!!

[tonygeorgia]

TIA Story 2 on Vimeo

[arjay57]

Here's a question I have about the TSPLOST:

Are we going to have pay MORE if this thing doesn't pass? According to this, "Today, local governments must provide a local match in order to receive their state local maintenance grants. If the voters turn down the transportation referendum in 2012, the local match increases to 30%. If the project list is adopted and the voters pass the transportation referendum in 2012, the local match drops to 10%."

[PKCorey]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Here's a question I have about the TSPLOST:

Are we going to have pay MORE if this thing doesn't pass? According to this, "Today, local governments must provide a local match in order to receive their state local maintenance grants. If the voters turn down the transportation referendum in 2012, the local match increases to 30%. If the project list is adopted and the voters pass the transportation referendum in 2012, the local match drops to 10%."

Yea, that's the penalty built into the bill.