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Hillsborough officials: Put 1-cent transit tax to vote in 2016
By Liz Crampton, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:36pm
Hillsborough officials: Put 1-cent transit tax to vote in 2016
By Liz Crampton, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:36pm
http://www.tampabay.com/news/transp...ut-1-cent-transit-tax-to-vote-in-2016/2190528TAMPA — City and county officials want Hillsborough County voters to approve an additional 1-cent sales tax in 2016 to pay for transportation improvements including roads, buses and rail, they announced Tuesday.
Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill predicted, under an optimistic scenario, that if voters pass the tax referendum they will see some light rail in downtown Tampa within seven years.
Members of a policy leadership group that includes elected officials are set to review details of the transportation proposal at a public meeting Aug. 12.
County voters soundly defeated a tax-for-transit plan in 2010 that also included funding for more roads, buses and rail.
This time around, officials hope to forge better relations with voters with more specifics about projects and more clarity of who would oversee such ambitions: the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit agency, which officials seek to revamp from running the county bus system into taking a much broader role on all modes of transportation.