GPN16 REGIONAL T-SPLOST (2010 TIA) PUBLIC MEETINGS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission’s Regional Transportation Roundtable Executive Committee will hold three public meetings on its Constrained Draft Lists of Regional and Local Projects under the 2010 Transportation Investment Act on the following dates, times and at the following locations:
September 15, 2011, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Towns Bluff Heritage Center
45 Riverwood Trail
Hazlehurst, Georgia 31539
September 20, 2011, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Vidalia City Hall Council Chambers
114 Jackson Street
Vidalia, Georgia 30475
September 29, 2011, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Laurens County Commissioner’s Meeting Room
117 East Jackson Street
Dublin, Georgia 31040
The purpose of these public meetings is to provide the general public and local officials an opportunity to learn more about the Regional T-SPLOST referendum authorized under the 2010 Georgia Transportation Investment Act, and currently proposed for July, 2012, to enable a one percent sales and use tax to fund local and regional transportation projects solely in the Heart of Georgia Altamaha Special Tax District Region. The Heart of Georgia Altamaha Special Tax District Region includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox. The Draft Constrained Lists of Regional and Local Transportation Projects developed under authority of the 2010 Transportation Investment Act by the Executive Committee of the Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Transportation Roundtable, and proposed for the 2012 sales and use Regional T-SPLOST referendum, will be available for view and comment.
Please plan to attend one of these public meetings and learn more about this important referendum and the transportation projects proposed for funding. Although the meeting will include a formal overview presentation early in the meeting, citizens can drop in at any time during the two hour public meeting to receive information, or provide comment. The Draft Constrained Lists of Regional and Local Projects and other 2010 TIA information can be viewed online at www.it3.ga.gov, or www.hogarc.org.
Please contact the Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission at (912) 367-3648, or email at brown@hogarc.org, with any questions, or for more information.
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