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Regional Transportation Tax

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Video: Decatur Mayor Talks About Transportation Tax At Town Hall Meet

Light rail projects were discussed last night at Emory University.

Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd and DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis were among the participants in a town hall meeting Wednesday night at Emory to discuss the penny sales tax up for vote this summer. Voters in 10 Georgia counties including Fulton and Dekalb will decide in July whether to support regional transportation tax that would help pay for transportation projects around the metro area. Most of the projects would alleviate terrible traffic issues city-wide and bring more transportation options to areas that are lacking useful public transit. "We have the opportunity to do something about it," Ellis said about traffic in metro Atlanta. "It impacts us in so many ways." The Clifton Corridor project — a 10-stop light rail line that would …

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Emory University (in Virginia Highland-Druid Hills Patch) and MARTA Approves Clifton Corridor Light Rail Project (in Virginia Highland-Druid Hills Patch)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Need Details On Transit Tax, Clifton Corridor? Come to This Meeting

Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd and other officials will talk about these issues at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University.

Four local leaders will gather Wednesday night to discuss and answer questions about an upcoming referendum that will have long-lasting implications for metro Atlanta. A town hall meeting on the regional transportation tax referendum will be held at Glenn Memorial Church, 1660 North Decatur Road NE, Atlanta, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25. Among the speakers: Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd, DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis, MARTA CEO & General Manager Beverly Scott and Mike Alexander, chief of the Atlanta Regional Commission's research division. If the July 31 referendum passes, residents in a 10-county region would pay a 1-cent tax to fund massive transportation improvements. Planner hope the projects would loosen the gridlock that is …

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Floyd: Passing Transportation Sales Tax a ‘Must’, MARTA Approves $1.16 Billion Clifton Corridor Light Rail Project (in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch), and Zoning Board OK's Parking Variance For Walmart At Suburban Plaza

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