City approves list for SPLOST 2022 projects

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The Acworth Board of Aldermen recently approved a list of SPLOST 2022 projects for the city if Cobb County voters approve SPLOST 2022 on Nov. 3.

For another six years, Cobb voters will be asked to renew the 1-cent special-purpose local option sales tax when it expires at the end of 2021.

To cover those six years, the expected SPLOST revenue for Acworth would be about $24 million, according to Alex Almodovar, assistant to Acworth City Manager Brian Bulthuis, in an email to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Those projects are:

■ $6.6 million for major road projects, including West Lakeshore Drive, Summit Circle, Old Cherokee Street, Brookhaven Subdivision — Phase I, North Main (Enclave Subdivision to County Line), Academy Street (Dixie Avenue to Beach Street) and Beach Street Realignment

■ $6 million for miscellaneous paving and equipment

■ $1 million for miscellaneous storm water

■ $500,000 for miscellaneous sidewalk

■ $250,000 for federal, state and local match

■ $500,000 for public parking improvements

■ $890,517 for city facility upgrades and expansion

■ $500,000 for citywide technology infrastructure improvements

■ $2.5 million for public safety, including vehicles, facility improvements, 800 MHz radio upgrades, body cameras and in-car technology upgrades

■ $2.2 million for parks, including Cauble Park improvements, Old Highway 92 Pedestrian Bridge/Overlook Park and trail development

■ $3 million for a joint county/ city project — Acworth/Due West/ Ragsdale Road and sidewalk