Henry Commission may delay TSPLOST vote
The Henry County Commission will decide Tuesday whether to delay until next spring a TSPLOST vote leaders had hoped to put on the November ballot.
Henry Commissioners last month put forward a plan to raise as much as $204 million over five years for transportation through a 1% hike in county’s sales tax. They hoped to get a TSPLOST referendum on the ballot this fall and were in the planning process of how to use the funds, including using the money to buy right-of-way, build bridges, construct roads and add bike paths.
But a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the county forced leaders to cancel commission meetings at which the plan would have been discussed. The county’s cities, which were to provide wish lists of transportation projects, also faced challenges getting together to discuss plans.
Commissioners will vote Tuesday whether to move the referendum to March 2021.
“It is not feasible to meet statutory deadlines required to include a TSPLOST referendum on the November 2020 ballot,” the commission said in its resolution to change the target date for the vote.
