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06/25/2010: The Three Rivers Regional Commission invited the GDOT Director of Planning, Todd Long, to discuss House Bill 277 at its regularly scheduled meeting on June 24th. The purpose of the discussion was to provide an overview of the bill, and demonstrate how City officials, County officials, and the Three Rivers Regional Commission can work together to develop a viable TSPLOST project list that will help to address our region’s transportation needs. The meeting was attended by approximately 150 representatives of the region’s city and county elected officials, and transportation planning professionals from several counties. A powerpoint of the presentation is provided below.
HB277 Presentation – Three Rivers Regional Commission Council Meeting June 24, 2010
05/20/2010: The House and Senate overwhelmingly passed HB 277 which was reported out of the House and Senate Transportation Funding Conference Committee. This legislation is very similar to Governor Perdue’s transportation proposal and allows for a regional one percent transportation sales tax based on regional commission boundaries. The process to start developing a project list begins this summer and the referendum to approve the tax is scheduled in every region of the state, except those that opt out, in July 2012. In the metro Atlanta region, 15% of the funds will be returned based on a modified LARP formula to each county and city for discretionary local transportation projects.