Online Transportation Survey Now Available

The Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable is asking for the public’s help as it prioritizes a list of regional transportation projects.

Between now and May 15, citizens may complete a brief survey designed to determine what the transportation priorities of the region should be.

Gwinnett is part of a 10-county region that covers the metro Atlanta area. Each county and municipality within the region has submitted a list of transportation projects to the Atlanta Regional Commission for inclusion in the metro Atlanta region’s project list for the Transportation Investment Act of 2010. Several and were submitted for consideration.

The Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable will review the submitted projects and compile a final project list that will go before the voters in 2012. Voters will decide whether or not to fund the list of regional transportation projects with a 1 percent sales tax. If passed, the sales tax, known as the TSPLOST, will remain in effect for 10 years. Officials believe the TSPLOST could generate as much a $7 billion of revenue to fund selected regional transportation projects.