Page 2 - Major Thoroughfare Program News Today

TUPELO • Mayor Jason Shelton is criticizing a candidate seeking to replace him for supporting a sales tax increase to pay for a new county jail.

Tupelo voters say yes to Major Thoroughfare Phase VII MGN Online Posted: Feb 2, 2021 9:08 PM Posted By: Emily Leonard TUPELO, Miss (WTVA) -- The votes are in, and the City of Tupelo will renew its Major Thoroughfare Program. Voters decided 1132 to 132 to renew the program; however, absentee ballots are still being counted.  Thats almost 90 percent of voters. The election was for the seventh phase of Tupelos Major Thoroughfare Program The seventh phase includes many projects to include the wid...

The voting machine at the Ward 1 voting precinct awaits the vote of Amanda Angle at the Tupelo Furniture Market Tuesday. More than 90% of those who voted in Tuesday’s elected did so in favor of continuing the Major Thoroughfare Program. THOMAS WELLS | BUY at PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM

Tupelo voters choose to keep local tax for road construction February 3, 2021 GMT TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Residents in a Mississippi city have voted to keep a local tax that pays for road construction. The election Tuesday renewed Tupelo’s Major Thoroughfare Program for a seventh time. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the tax will continue for five more years. “I’m relieved that we get to continue the progress that we have made and proud to live in a community that is t...

TUPELO • For 30 years, the city’s Major Thoroughfare Program has paved the way for a raft of far-reaching road construction projects, but voters get the final say Tuesday about

TUPELO • In just a few days, Tupelo voters will either green light the city’s unique road-building program for a seventh time or bring it to a screeching halt after

Tupelo Major Thoroughfare Election: Voter registration deadline soon The Major Thoroughfare election is on Feb. 2, 2021. The deadline to register is Jan. 2, 2021, at 12 p.m. Posted: Dec 29, 2020 6:49 PM Updated: Dec 29, 2020 7:46 PM Posted By: Bronson Woodruff TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - The deadline to register to vote is almost here for Tupelo residents who want to vote in the upcoming Major Thoroughfare election. Homeowners in the city of Tupelo pay an extra 10-mill tax to fund the Major Thorou...