Henry voters pass T-SPLOST

A new one-cent special-purpose local option sales tax designated solely for transportation has been approved by Henry County voters. About 9 percent of the county’s 171,905 registered voters cast their ballots on the measure, which was the only ballot item for residents in the unincorporated county in the Nov. 4 election. Final results from the county government’s website indicated 8,520 yes votes and 7,021 no votes. A list of specific transportation projects for the county and its four cities was approved earlier this year with an intergovernmental agreement. Approval of the referendum will bring the total sales tax in Henry County to eight cents for every dollar spent.