Gwinnett County sends proposed transit sales tax to November ballot
Voters will approve or reject a penny tax for transit expansion.
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Voters will approve or reject a penny tax for transit expansion.
The county said officials are expecting the park to open in late 2025.
Gwinnett’s new plan costs $17 billion. To foot most of the bill, officials hope voters will approve the same 30-year penny sales tax they previously spurned.
Officials in Georgia’s second-largest county could ask voters in 2024 to approve a tax increase for transit, but won’t seek to join the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
Gwinnett County, Georgia, may ask its voters next year to expand its bus transit system by approving a 1-cent sales tax increase, which would fund new hires and operating costs.