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Portion of sales tax will be used for local projects
Governments deciding how to spend the 25 percent
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A major project that could be paid for with 25 percent of the transportation tax is the widening of Browns Bridge Road from McEver Road to the Forsyth County line. - photo by Tom Reed
Lula City Manager Dennis Bergin isn’t so ready to answer how the northeast Hall County city might spend its 25 percent share from the proposed 1 percent transportation sales tax. “The first thing I want to say is we don’t count our chickens before they hatch,” he said. But he also acknowledged that another $100,000 a year would boost the city’s transportation efforts.