Three DeKalb County Commissioners recently met with MARTA board members, to emphasize their support for a south DeKalb train line.

The commissioners would like to offer funding recommendations to voters, about how to get the so-called I-20 rail project built.

A penny sales tax up for a vote this summer would raise just $225 million toward the $522 million project and could cover express bus, not rail, service.

MARTA is developing a plan that would include some train service, though no final plan has been presented.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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