The DeKalb Chamber Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to support this summer’s regional transportation referendum.
The referendum on July 31 will ask voters across 10 counties whether to raise a penny sales tax for a for a multi billion-dollar list of transportation projects.
The chamber noted the projects will provide “significant economic benefits” in DeKalb, which is set to receive $1 billion for various projects in the county if the vote passes.
There has been significant push back on the referendum in the county, though. Hundreds of residents and many public officials have complained in particular that full funding for an I-20 rail line is not included as a project.
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