Commissioners voted early this year to start spending more on road resurfacing and striping. They use their general fund, state grants and SPLOST money to fund it
SPLOST stands for 'Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.' In Macon-Bibb County, the SPLOST is good for 10 years. the county can collect up to $280 million.
Bibb County installed three automated school zone speed cameras in the late spring with plans to install more in the coming months. In the final two weeks of school, more than 2,000 citations were issued and more than 5,000 received warning letters in the mail.