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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Rincon projects enter early phases; construction to start soon The is the complete list of Rincon TSPLOST projects. Progress on some of them is already being made.
RINCON The Rincon City Council has cleared the way for some much-needed repaving projects and other street improvements.
The work will funded by a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) that was overwhelmingly approved Effingham County voters last fall. The one percent tax will be levied for five years and is expected to generate a total of $45 million.
All aboard: New excursion train aims to help economic development in South Ga. The Azalea Sprinter is taking its first official run this weekend and seats are already sold out. (Source: WALB) By Jennifer Morejon | March 10, 2021 at 5:32 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 5:32 PM
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - South Georgia’s newest excursion train will travel along the historic Georgia and Florida Railroad.
The Azalea Sprinter is taking its first official run this weekend and seats are already sold out. Azalea Sprinter, a new excursion train in South Georgia. (Source: CaterParrott Railnet)
“We put this online and we filled up three trains in less than two days, so people love this type of thing,” said Jamie Cater, Co-CEO of CaterParrott Railnet.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Statesboro budgets over $1M for 2021 street resurfacing list
Statesboro’s city government plans to spend more than $1 million in state and local funding on street resurfacing projects in 2021, the third consecutive year this will have happened since Bulloch County voters approved a tax known as T-SPLOST.
City Council back on Dec. 1 approved a list of 31 street segments, totaling 6.37 miles and including streets in each of the five council members’ districts, for resurfacing next spring. The budget for this totals $1,063,686, including $772,000 from the Transportation Local Option Sales Tax, or T-SPLOST, and $291,686 in state money from an annual Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant, or LMIG, through the Georgia Department of Transportation.