Roads are top priority for proposed DeKalb sales tax
If DeKalb voters approve raising their sales taxes, much of the money should go toward fixing up the county's worn-down roads.
That's according to a group of citizens that recommended projects Wednesday that could be funded through the special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST), which is planned to appear on the ballot in November.
The group also suggested funding for fire stations, a government center, a police academy and various other infrastructure improvements.
These recommendations are being forwarded to the DeKalb Commission, which is scheduled to consider a final project list in June.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
