Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee made an impassioned plea Friday for the county’s political leadership to support the $500 million bus rapid transit system and to fund part of its cost with a proposed special purpose sales tax.
That appeal seemed to largely fall flat.
After the meeting of commissioners and mayors, all four district commissioners said they would not support including $100 million for the transit system on the list of projects for the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. That money is needed as a local match to qualify for a federal grant that could provide up to $250 million for the project.
Only commissioners can vote on which projects to include in the upcoming SPLOST, to be voted on in November.
Faye DiMassimo, the county’s transportation director, has said that the transit project was dead without the SPLOST funding.
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