Chairwoman Cupid: Mobility SPLOST referendum will wait until 2024

After a series of meetings with various stakeholders, Chairwoman Lisa Cupid said she would delay asking the Board of Commissioners to vote on a Mobility SPLOST referendum this year.

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“I can’t put this on the ballot myself,” Chairwoman Cupid said.  “This is a team effort and these conversations convinced me we can get more support for a transit referendum after putting in more intentional effort and planning over the next few years.”

Cupid admits she was eager to put this before voters in 2022, because more federal matching funds were available, and “we’ve been putting this off for 50 years, and I didn’t want to be the Chair who pushed it off further.”

However, with DeKalb and Gwinnett counties looking at a referendum in 2024, Cupid thought more synergy could come from the counties working together for a more regional transit effort.