{"id":2213,"date":"2011-04-09T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-business-plan-corey-hull.html"},"modified":"2011-04-09T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:04:00","slug":"t-splost-business-plan-corey-hull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-business-plan-corey-hull.html","title":{"rendered":"T-SPLOST Business plan &mdash;Corey Hull of VLMPO at  LCDP (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5594779021\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5070\/5594779021_d7deb00c5a_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nCorey Hull continued\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-explained-corey-hull-vlmpo-at-lcdp.html\">\nhis presentation on T-SPLOST at the Lowndes County\nDemocratic Party (LCDP) meeting<\/a> by talking about\nthe statewide business plan for the state of Georgia.\nIt is not a project list; it&#8217;s estimates of how much money is needed\nand how much money can be raised.\n<blockquote>\nThe plan identifies\n$35 billion to meet the needs in Georgia today.\nHowever, $72 billion are needed to meet the transportation\nneeds to sustain Georgia&#8217;s economy into the future.\n<\/blockquote>\nOf course, that&#8217;s according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT),\nwhich notoriously is not interested in trains or other mass transit:\nif it&#8217;s not a road or a road bridge, forget it.\n<p>\nContinuing:\n<blockquote>\nAnd $1 billion is needed here in Lowndes County.\nLowndes County&#8217;s transportation plan through the\nMetropolitan Planning Organization\nhas about a billion dollars in projects.\n<\/blockquote>\nA billion dollars right here in Lowndes County?\n\n<!--more-->\nThat&#8217;s right, including projects wanted by the county government\nand the city governments,\nand the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO)\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/02\/comment-on-the-transportation-plan.html\">\nhas been trying to get people\nto come look at that plan for more than a year now.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IDI_lVHZu4g\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDI_lVHZu4g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nCorey Hull of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO)\n<br>\nexplains T-SPLOST (HB 277) and the Transportation Investment Act of 2010\n<br>\nat the monthly meeting of the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),\n<br>\nGretchen Quarterman (Chair), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<br>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nHe continued by saying that if this tax passes $56 million annually\nup to $88 million may be collected over the life of the bill.\n<blockquote>\nThe law divides the funding into two pots.\nA 75% pot of regional projects,\nand a 25% pot for local discretionary money.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nNext: what about those project lists?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corey Hull continued his presentation on T-SPLOST at the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP) meeting by talking about the statewide business plan for the state of Georgia. It is not a project list; it&#8217;s estimates of how much money is needed and how much money can be raised. 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