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By Editor Becky Watts
ZEBULON - There will be a county-wide vote on whether or not to begin a new SPLOST when voters go to the polls on Tuesday. This is a continuation of the 2016 SPLOST which has repaved a lot of roads in the county.
A SPLOST is a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax that must be used for the projects which it is designated. The May 24 SPLOST will be a continuation of the one cent sales tax that has been used to make improvements to roads around the county.
And the cities have completed their past roads projects so they are asking for funds to complete water and sewer infrastructure projects for their citizens who are residents of both the city and the county.
Past SPLOST List
• Drew Allen Road
• Pedenville Road
• Eppinger Bridge Road
• Roberts Quarters Road
• Patton Road
• Kings Bridge Road
• Old Meansville Road
• Gresham Road
• Flat Shoals Road
• New Hope Road
• Shepherd Road
• Jonathan’s Roost Road
• Old Zebulon Road
• East Milner Road
• Chapel Hill Road
• Bottoms Road
• Howell Road
• Wilder Road
• Adams Road
• Bankston Road
• Kendrick Road
• Smyrna Church Road
• The paved part of Bolton Road
• Old Milner Road
• Beeks Circle
• The paved part of McKinley Road (this includes digging down to the base to find why portions of the road continued to sink, packing down, and repaving the road)
• Reidsboro Road
• Rose Hill Road
• Seal coating at Whitfield Walk
• Hill Street
• Hilltop Community (a Community Development Block Grant CDBG project that put in ditches and made improvements to roads)
• The cities of Williamson, Zebulon, Meansville, Molena, and Concord all had road projects that have been completed.
These projects came to a total of over $11 million dollars as of May 13, 2022.
Primary Roads on the Upcoming SPLOST List
• The dirt part of Roberts Quarters Road at a projected cost of $990,000
• The dirt part of Old Zebulon Road at a projected cost of $2,750,000
• The dirt part of Blanton Mill Road at a projected cost of $1,750,000
• The dirt part of Woodcreek Road at a projected cost of $2,500,000
• The dirt part of McKinley Road at a projected cost of $968,000
• The dirt part of Shady Lane at a projected cost of $1,100,000
• Ditching for Chestnut Hill at a projected cost of $20,000
• Ditching for Hunter Road at a projected cost of $45,000
These projects come to a total of $10,123,000.
Alternate Roads on the Upcoming SPLOST List
• Fossett Road from Roberts Quarters to Hwy 18 at a projected cost of $3,582,700
• Tanyard Road at a projected cost of $2,200,00 (possible CDBG project – see definition above)
• McCard Lake Road at a projected cost of $2,108,700
• 2nd District Road at a projected cost of $760,100 (County side only)
• Woodard at Starks including Starks at a projected cost of $1,103,300 (possible CDBG project)
• Turner Road at a projected cost of $4,000,000
• The paved side of McKinley Road at a projected cost of $1,815,000
These projects come to a total of $15,569,800.
Closing
Early voting will continue through 5 p.m. on Friday, May 20. (There will be NO voting on Monday.)
And election day will be on Tuesday, May 24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Pike County Times will be reporting from the Registrar’s Office after the polls close.
More information about the election – including copies of the Democrat and Republican sample ballots – can be found by clicking here: www.pikecountytimes.com/secondary/electioninfo2022.html.