Should Gwinnett County Have Another SPLOST Vote?

It has been less than a year since voters in metro Atlanta soundly rejected a transportation sales tax.

Now, Gwinnett County voters, including those in Lilburn, may face a similar choice in 2013. The current countywide Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax program expires at the end of the year.

(To see how Gwinnett County SPLOST funds have been distributed to the cities, see the attached graphic.)

If voters want new projects in transportation, public safety or new buildings, they'll have to vote "yes." But, will voters get the chance?

County leaders have made no final decision, and that decision is not theirs alone. Leaders of Gwinnett County cities must be in accord with county leaders on how SPLOST monies would be spent before such a vote can take place.

Gwinnett Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash said Tuesday (March 19) that more discussion on the matter probably would be held "as we head into summer."

-- Do you think Gwinnett should have a new SPLOST project beginning in 2014? Share your thoughts in the comments below.--