Back in 2006, Pima County voters approved a half cent sales tax that is still currently going towards the Regional Transportation Authority’s roadway improvement plan.
The RTA said because of that money, they’ve finished more than one thousand projects. Now they’re hoping voters approve a new half cent sales tax for future projects.
Their current plan only goes until 2026 because it’s a 20 year plan. Now they’re in the planning stages of a new 20 year plan that would start in 2026 and end in 2046.
They are proposing a new half cent sales tax that would generate $2.46 billion until 2046.
Mike Olson lives in Pima County and was at the RTA’s open house in downtown on Wednesday.
“A lot of them are in areas that I travel regularly, so it would be really good to see these completed and relieve some congestion and fix some broken roads,” Olson said about their plans.
The RTA Next draft plan is their new plan that would put over one billion dollars into 34 roadway corridors and widen some to 4 lanes.