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The Road Ahead: Forsyth bears most of regions road needs, sales tax projects
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Cumming Mayor Ford Gravitt explains the need for road work in Forsyth County as rush hour traffic passes by. The intersection of Ga. 20 and Kelly Mill Road is one of the projects included under funding from a transportation sales tax up for vote July 31. - photo by Tom Reed
Forsyth County could be the poster child for road improvements in the Georgia Mountains region. Facing so many transportation needs in every part of the county, the challenge early on for government officials was trying to decide which of its many projects would wind up on the 13-county region’s projects list for the July 31 transportation sales tax vote. The list was pared to 21 projects, with some $293 million in funding coming from the 1 percent sales tax over 10 years, if approved.