Transportation Investment Act of 2010

The Transportation Investment Act of 2010 was passed into state law in June of 2010. It places the transportation future of Georgia into the hands of the voters by providing for the establishment of 12 regional roundtables. Dacula and Gwinnett County fall into the Atlanta Regional Roundtable along with the other 10 metro Georgia Counties and their cities.

The law provides for a roundtable made up of the county commission chairman and a mayor from each of the counties located in the region. For the Atlanta roundtable the mayor of Atlanta is also included. The Atlanta Roundtable consists of 21 members. From an unconstrained list of projects that meet certain criteria, a final list for each of the 12 roundtables will be chosen. When the referendum which will be held in the summer of 2012 is held, the voters of each regional roundtable will be voting to approve the 1% sales tax which will fund the projects of each region.

Soon, you will be seeing the unconstrained (read all the projects that meet the criteria) project list for Gwinnett and her cities. As you can imagine, not all projects on the unconstrained list will make the cut to the final list.

The 1% sales tax over a ten year period is expected to keep about $7 billion dollars in the Atlanta region. Fifteen percent of the money is devoted directly to cities and counties in the Atlanta region, with the remainder to be used for projects with regional impact.

The law provides for an aggressive time line. The final project list is due to each roundtable by October 15, 2011.

For additional information please see the Atlanta Regional Commission’s website for the Transportation Investment Act.