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Chatham County has enjoyed the benefits of SPLOST since the State of Georgia first made the additional sales tax legal in 1985. Chatham County voters have passed the tax every in every continuation vote since, generating over $2.2 billion in revenue.
That money has funded many roads, drainage, recreation, economic development and civic projects, many of which are enjoyed daily by Chatham County residents.
SPLOST 7 will help Chatham County fund the Early Childhood Learning Center, a collaborative project with the City of Savannah and East Savannah United, which will serve children from six weeks to four years old. SPLOST will provide $10.4 million.
Other buildings funded by SPLOSTs include National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, the Eugene H. Gadsden Courthouse, and The Chatham County Annex which houses the tax commissioner, Chatham Police headquarters, and E-911.
The section of Pooler Parkway that runs from Quacco Road to Pine Barren Road was made possible by SPLOST, as well as the Pooler Parkway interchange with I-16. SPLOST provided enough funding to leverage the Georgia Department of Transportation to provide over $4 million in funding for this project.
SPLOST has also funded parks, including the improvements to L. Scott Stell Park, Mother Matilda Beasly Park, and Lake Mayer.
These are just a few of the hundreds of projects funded by previous SPLOST pennies All of these were paid for in part by tourists and visitors, thanks to SPLOST.
The tax has proven to be a popular funding source for Chatham County, and this November, SPLOST 8 is on the ballot.
Chatham County will prioritize a flyover leading traffic on President Street over the railroad tracks. Additionally, road and drainage improvements on Airways Avenue and Quacco Road, and continued improvements to recreation facilities, trails, sidewalks, as well as upgrades to our public safety communications systems.
For the last 40 years, SPLOST has been a reliable way to fund local amenities and critical infrastructure without raising property taxes for Chatham County residents. Explore this website’s catalog of the many completed, in progress, and planned projects of SPLOST fundings past and future to learn more.
