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Council weighs transportation sales-tax options, timing and bond financing for major road projects
Summary
County staff and the transportation committee presented competing packages and fiscal tools for a possible local transportation sales tax; council debated Road 521 funding, municipal allocations, potential bonds to accelerate work, utility relocation costs and whether to seek voter approval this November or in 2026.
Lancaster County Council heard a detailed briefing from the county transportation committee and staff on a potential countywide transportation sales tax and discussed next steps, project lists and whether to seek voter approval this year or delay to 2026 for more public outreach.
Presenters from the Lancaster County transportation technical committee (CTC) and county staff summarized prior retreat direction and CTC recommendations for a county transportation package. Committee members said the CTC—s compiled recommendation aggregated major buckets of work including a targeted investment toward widening sections of U.S. Highway 521, municipal and county roadway improvements, intersection work and a smaller allotment for roundabouts, sidewalks and greenways. The CTC—s total package was presented to council as approximately $216 million.
Staff presented a variant that preserved the program—s major elements but reallocated specific projects: staff proposed substituting Henry Harris Road for Barbourville Road in the larger road-widening bucket,…
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