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SPLOST TRANSPORTATION

PUBLIC PUBLIC
ADVOCACY ADVOCACY

FUNDS

TRANSPORTATION
eKalb County doesn’t just dive into something. There $240,257,747 PUBLIC SAFETY eKalb County has shared in the
needs to be a purpose behind it and it needs to take care The transportation project list includes road $84,714,587 transportation developments that occurred
D of the citizens who live and work within the community. resurfacing, pedestrian improvements, The public safety project list includes fire D due to the growth of metro Atlanta. Many
multi-use trails, bridge repairs,
of the developments have been championed by
corridor beautification, public
stations repair & new constructions, fire radio
The first ever DeKalb County Special Purpose Local transportation shelters system repairs, police precinct repairs, police the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce to improve
& more.
vehicles upgrade and purchase, public
Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) fund was overwhelmingly safety training facility planning &
design & more.
approved by voters in 2017. The referendum the quality of life of DeKalb residents and the
implements a one-cent sales tax to general funds market advantages for businesses. Some of those
for critical improvement projects, bringing DeKalb developments are chronicled here.
County’s sales tax rate to 8%. The tax will last six
years, through 2024, and will bring in an estimated
$636.8 million. DeKalb’s cities will receive 1938 – Pre-Interstate 1942 – Naval Air 1987 – Tom
approximately $249 million from the tax and Highway Station 1950s – I-85 1969 – I-285 1979 – MARTA Moreland 1987 – I-675 Opens
Interchange
Atlanta
unincorporated DeKalb will receive about PARKS & RECREATION
$388 million. $37,250,000 GENERAL REPAIRS • A network of state and • After 1959, air station • Constructed as a 4 to 6 • Officially opened in • Metropolitan Rapid • Created to maximize • Four-lane highway
federal routes, along with transitions to a lane expressway during October 1969 Transit Authority ease of connectivity connecting I-75 to I-285
$20,000,000 local surface streets, department of DeKalb the 1950s between I-85 and I-285 at Moreland Avenue in
Since passage of the referendum, the County The parks & recreation project list includes serve DeKalb County County Government • Connects I-20, I-75 & I-85 • Formed in 1971 as DeKalb County
athletic fields, resurfacing trails &
has approved a project list that includes road paved areas, golf courses, tennis The general repairs project list includes senior citizens • Named DeKalb Peachtree • Connects to I-20, I-75 • Nicknamed “The a bus-only service • Opened in 1987 • Runs through 11 miles of
& I-285
resurfacing, new fire stations, a rebuild of the court resurfacing, stream bank center repairs, courthouse complex • Streetcars provide public Airport (PDK) Perimeter” since it circles • First rail service • Sometimes known as southwest DeKalb County
restoration & more. repairs, general library repairs & • Runs through North the City of Atlanta commenced June 1979 “Spaghetti Junction”
Bobby Burgess building on Memorial Drive, county-owned healthcare transportation between Atlanta, Doraville, and from Avondale Estates • Helps divert traffic from
facilities repairs. Decatur to downtown • More than 2 million
transportation projects such as bridges Atlanta Chamblee in DeKalb people use the highway in DeKalb County to going through downtown
and sidewalks, a major remodeling County each day Five Points Station in Atlanta
downtown Atlanta
of the courthouse complex, and • 9 stations in
new police vehicles. DeKalb County

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