Starting this week, voters in Cobb and Gwinnett counties will decide on the future of public transit in their respective regions. Specifically, in Cobb County, voters will have the opportunity to vote for or against the Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, also known as MSPLOST.
The goal of the 1% sales tax is to expand and fund Cobb County’s transit services through a variety of transit projects, including creating more rapid bus routes, adding more bus lanes, extending transit service hours, building several new transit centers and the creation of a new countywide micro-transit service — over the next 30 years.
However, not everyone supports the transit proposal. Back in June, Cobb County’s Board of Commissioners voted 3 to 2 on whether the referendum should go before voters in November. On Monday’s edition of “Closer Look,” show host Rose Scott talked with two representatives from the commission with opposing views.
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