Nearly eight months into a special purpose local option sales tax, Flowery Branch is looking ahead to another tax extension to help pay for future road improvements. Officials estimate the South Hall County city will need to spend $1.2 million in milling and repaving streets over the next nine years and another $250,000 in a road rebuilding project similar to work that has been done on Gainesville Street. The city is budgeting $212,000 every other year from its capital improvement program for road work and, moving forward, “we’re looking at SPLOST VIII to fill the gap there,” said City Manager Bill Andrew, who discussed the matter last week with Flowery Branch City Council.