Loganville Details Planned Sales-Tax Projects

LOGANVILLE, GA — The city of Loganville is in an unusual place regarding the special-purpose, local option sales tax.

Sitting astraddle Gwinnett and Walton counties, Loganville gets a share of the one-percent sales tax proceeds from both counties.

This week, city leaders laid out their reasons that they hope voters in both counties keep approving the optional sales tax when they go to the polls.

Walton County is currently in the middle of a sales-tax term, which will end in 2019. But Gwinnett County voters will decide whether to renew their version of the penny tax when they go to the polls in November.

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In its quarterly newsletter, the city this week detailed projects it plans to fund if the sales tax money is approved.

Infrastructure, recreation and transportation would get the lion's share of the money, the post says.

The following projects are among those that would be bankrolled by SPLOST money, the city said:

• $1.1 million to create a "memory garden" with walking area, benches and concrete pavers at Destination Park. The money also would be used to build a dual bathroom near the park's pavilion and plant additional shade throughout the park.
• $500,000 for the installation of sidewalks along Old Loganville and Tuck roads.
• $1.2 million for the next phase of a sewer plant expansion. Phase 1 of the expansion is nearly complete.

Loganville is projecting about $1.3 million in receipts from the current Gwinnett County SPLOST and $3.1 million from the current Walton County sales tax.