Making News
Hillsborough to recommend half-cent sales tax for transportation needs
June 10, 2015
TAMPA — Hillsborough County officials fear voters could once again reject a 1-cent sales tax needed to fund a long list of transportation needs, just like they did in 2010.
But maybe, officials hope, voters will go for a half-cent tax instead.
County Administrator Mike Merrill is set to present a new transportation plan to county and city officials today that will propose just that. The half-cent sales tax proposal is projected to last for 30 years and generate $117.5 million for transportation projects annually.
