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Washington officials plan focused push to renew capital improvement sales tax
Summary
Members of the Washington Area Highway Transportation Committee discussed strategy to win renewal of the city's capital improvement sales tax, emphasizing targeting city-limit voters and noting the tax's role in recent road and bridge projects.
Washington, Missouri ' City transportation committee members on July 28 discussed plans to press voters inside city limits to renew the capital improvement sales tax that funds local infrastructure projects. The committee emphasized a targeted voter-outreach strategy and cited past uses of the tax to leverage state and federal grants for major projects. Why it matters: Committee members said the tax underpins local matches for state and federal grants and helps pay for projects such as Highway 100 improvements and a planned east-end fire station, and…
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