Gwinnett County commissioners decided today how to spend the bulk of proceeds from the three-year, 1-percent sales tax approved by voters in November.
The majority of the estimated $417 million the county expects to collect from the special purpose local option sales tax, or SPLOST, will go to transportation projects. (Click here to see which transportation projects will be funded.)
That will include spending at least $48 million to widen major roads, $33 million to improve intersections and $27 million for new sidewalks.
The rest of the money will be spent on other projects, including renovating existing county parks; buying new fire, police and sheriff’s office vehicles; replacing public libraries; and improving county senior centers.
In addition, Gwinnett cities will receive about $96 million in SPLOST proceeds to spend on projects of their choosing.
The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the SPLOST spending plan, which was largely based on recommendations from citizens committees.
Commissioner Tommy Hunter praised the work the work of the committee that recommended the transportation projects.
“They did a really good job of combing the districts and putting all the projects on the table and finding all the projects where we could get the biggest bang for our buck the quickest,” he said.
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