Gwinnett County Voters Oppose Plan For MARTA Expansion

Gwinnett County’s referendum Tuesday asked if voters wanted to authorize a contract with MARTA and impose a 1 percent sales tax for transit expansion.

Updated at 1:20 p.m.

A contract with Atlanta’s public transportation provider that would have brought a significant expansion of mass transit was voted down by a long-resistant county Tuesday.

Gwinnett County’s referendum asked voters if they wanted to authorize a contract with MARTA and impose a 1 percent sales tax for transit expansion projects in the county just north of the city.