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Lincoln County staff proposes scoring system to invest roughly $3 million in excise‑tax surplus for transportation projects
Summary
Andrew Bright presented a draft Transportation Funding Policy proposing to use excess excise tax accruals (about $3 million) for transportation projects, with a 10‑criteria scoring system and a minimum threshold for board consideration.
Andrew Bright, county staff, presented a proposed Transportation Funding Policy to the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and Planning Board at the November 2025 joint meeting. The policy is intended to provide a framework to allocate excess excise tax dollars that have accrued over time (the fund was created in fiscal year 2015 and staff reported a current balance of about $3,000,000 above a base threshold of $858,000).
Bright said the fund can be used for a range of purposes, including partnering with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) on state projects (such as betterments), funding access improvements for public sites…
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