SPLOST vote in Barrow Tuesday

WINDER - A $69 million dollar Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax will be on the line Tuesday in Barrow County.

Voters will be asked to approve a six-year extension of an existing SPLOST.

The money would be used for a number of projects:

-roads

-9-1-1 facility

-cultural arts center

-health department

-a new courthouse and detention center

-renovation of the old courthouse

-streetscaping in each of the towns in the county

-Bear Creek Reservoir bond payment

-fire stations and training center

-parks and recreation

-sewer service

-the airport

-animal control

-West Winder ByPass

The referendum is one of a number referendums and special elections scheduled around the state Tuesday. The most-watched of them is the voting in Sandy Springs which will decide whether that long-unincorporated part of Fulton County will become Georgia's seventh-largest city, with a population of about 85,000.