At their final meeting, the Atlanta Regional Roundtable today approved the final list of 155 regional transportation projects to be funded by revenue from the proposed 1-percent sales tax that comes up for a vote next year.
The project list in the roundtable’s report includes only projects to be paid for by the 85 percent of the funding that’s allocated for regional projects. The other 15 percent of the revenue generated by the TIA tax will be distributed to cities and counties within the region to fund local transportation projects.
The Atlanta Regional Commission estimates that the TIA tax will generate about $7.2 billion during the ten years it will be in effect. The regional share of that funding will come to about $6.1 billion. (Both estimates are in 2011 dollars.)
The report includes not only the project list, but also fact sheets and schedules for each project, so it’ll come in handy if you’re tired of having to fish around on the roundtable’s site to find that information a piece at a time.
The Oppidan Omnibus 
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