General guidelines for Transportation SPLOST projects:

• ‘Transportation purposes’ include roads, bridges, public transit, rails, airports, buses, and all accompanying infrastructure and services necessary to provide access to these facilities.
• Roads, streets, sidewalks, bicycle paths and bridge purposes such as:
  • acquisition of right-of-way;
  • construction;
  • renovation and improvement, including resurfacing;
  • relocation of utilities;
  • improvement of surface-water drainage; and/or
  • patching, leveling, milling, widening, shoulder preparation, culvert repair, and other repairs necessary for their preservation.
• Stormwater and drainage capital outlay projects, in conjunction with transportation projects

These transportation projects would otherwise be paid for with General Fund and property tax revenues.

Projected Revenue Forecast: $390 million

Conservative estimates of revenues for the single county Transportation SPLOST total $390 million. Additionally, state law requires 1% of those revenues to be paid to the general fund of the state treasury in order to defray the cost of administration at the state treasury.

Revenue Distribution

The $390 million in revenue generated from the Transportation SPLOST will be distributed over the six-year collection period, with 80% to fund countywide projects and the remaining 20% to be distributed to unincorporated Hall County and the municipalities based on a population plus formula.

Countywide projects were negotiated and agreed upon by all of the municipalities and Hall County in an intergovernmental agreement. To see the full list of county-wide projects, visit the Transportation SPLOST Projects page.