Bucky Johnson stepped down from his voting position on a regional committee, but will still be a non-voting chairman.
Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson resigned from his role as a voting member of an executive committee so that Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed could slip into the spot. Now Johnson will be the non-voting chairman of the committee, which will create a list of regional transportation projects that might funded by a referendum in Aug. of 2012. Johnson said in a release that while he was honored to be on the five-member committee, he thinks its better to have balance in terms of regional representation. The committee will now be comprised of Mayor Reed, Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd, Kennesaw Mayor Mark Mattews, Henry County Chairman B.J. Mathis and Douglas County Chairman Tom Worthan. The regional sales tax referendum, the Transportation Investment Act, …
Bucky Johnson will be part of a 10-person committee to define projects for the possible one-cent regional sales tax to ease traffic woes.
Mayor Bucky Johnson was appointed to an executive committee that will try to define what's to come for a one-cent, 10-year regional sales tax to be used for transportation, a measure that will be put to a vote in 2012. "Our assignment is to take a look at the best projects to break the gridlock in the metro area," said Johnson in a release. The Atlanta Regional Roundtable, part of the Transportation Investment Act, decided on the committee in their first meeting on Friday, Dec. 17. The roundtable will attempt to define project criteria, so the Georgia Department of Transportation can create a "wish list" of transportation projects. Johnson is one of three metro Atlanta mayors to be named to the committee. He said in a release that he …
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