Dacula, Buford Road Projects in Top Tier of SPLOST Recommendation List

On April 16, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC) approved allocations for 2014 special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) funds, including $275 million for transportation projects.

Several northern Gwinnett County road projects are among those in the top tier of recommendations made by the Citizens Project Selection Committee (CPSC), a committee tasked to review and prioritize prospective projects for SPLOST funding.

The CPSC presented their recommendations to the BOC on April 1, 2014. Projects listed in the top tier include:

• The bridge over the CSX railroad near the intersection of Highway 29 and Dacula Road in Dacula and the intersection itself. 
  
• Turn lanes at Dacula Middle School.
  
• Road widening on Braselton Highway between Spout Springs Road and Mill Creek High School.
  
• An interchange at I-85 and Gravel Springs Road in Buford.
  
• Additional lanes on Auburn Road between Jim Moore Road and Dacula Road.
  
• Improvements to the intersection at Mount Moriah Road and Braselton Highway.

Your pennies at work: the 2014 Gwinnett SPLOST is expected to generate close to $500M over three years.

• Improvements to the intersection at Braselton Highway and Gravel Springs Road.
  
• Alignment of Sardis Church Road at Doc Hughes Road in Buford.

Recommended city/county projects include:

• Safety and alignment improvements on South Bogan Road from Buford Drive to Kilgore Road.
  
• Improvements on Buford Drive from South Lee Street to Buford Highway.
  
• Road reclamation in Auburn.
  
• Several sidewalk projects in Dacula.

The 2014 SPLOST referendum was held in November 2013. Collections for the three-year, 1 percent sales tax began on April 1, 2014. The SPLOST is expected to generate close to $500 million in revenue over its lifespan. For more information, see the 2014 Gwinnett SPLOST fact sheet or visit the Gwinnett County SPLOST page.