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The Road Ahead: Franklin County airport fix is unique among regions projects
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From left, Franklin County engineer John Phillips, Carnesville City Manager Billy Morse and Carnesvile Mayor Harris Little talk about possible improvements to the Franklin County Airport that could be financed by the transportation tax. - photo by Tom Reed
Nearly $11 million would come Franklin County’s way, including money for the Georgia Mountains region’s lone airport project, if voters approve a 1 percent sales tax for transportation on July 31. And while, at $389,495 in 2011 dollars, the Franklin-Hart Airport improvement isn’t the biggest-dollar item for Franklin, the project is a key piece of what the county would receive if the tax is approved. “It’s a safety project, to make sure that people can move on the airport without having to be on the runway,” said Carnesville Mayor Harris Little, also a member of the Regional Transportation Roundtable that voted to put a slate of regional projects on the ballot.