Of the proposed projects for a new special purpose local option sales tax, by far the costliest is $55 million to pay off debt for the county’s Justice Center.

Revenue from the 1 percent sales tax would be capped at $135 million over a six-year period, and voters will get their say on the measure in the November election. The current transportation SPLOST is due to expire April 1, 2010, which is when the new proposed SPLOST would begin collections.

The county is also proposing to spend $30.5 million on a variety of specific transportation and building projects and another $11 million on unspecified transportation projects.

The county also plans to spend $5 million on a speculative university campus and $2 million on an emergency operations center. The university project is in response to the success of Clayton State’s Peachtree City campus and also how neighboring Fairburn has fared in attracting several colleges to locate there with its own spec campus.

Another $3.5 million in the SPLOST for the county would have the Tyrone and Fayetteville fire stations replaced. The Tyrone station is considered crucial because its septic tank is failing and there are no feasible options for repairing the issue, officials have said.

Fayette is also proposing a total of six corridor improvements on New Hope Road, Lee’s Mill Road, Kenwood Road, Tyrone Road, Sandy Creek Road and Westbridge Road. Each of those projects are projected to cost upwards of $1 million.

The county’s take of the funds is expected to reach upwards of $103 million. Peachtree City is budgeting to spend $22 million, and Fayetteville plans to spend up to $10.8 million. Tyrone’s figures are not available yet as officials are still finalizing the town’s project list.

In Peachtree City, the big ticket items for SPLOST funds is $6 million set aside for street resurfacing and $2.9 million for cart path resurfacing, extensions and construction.

The city is also proposing to pay down $2.6 million in debt from the library and airport bonds along with another general bond issue. The city also would spend $2.81 million to pay off a lease purchase debt instrument.

Among other large-scale projects for Peachtree City are two cart path bridges at a cost of $1.9 million each: one over Hwy. 74 north and the other over Ga. Highway 54 east.

Other cart path projects include $1.14 million for a tunnel underneath Rockaway Road to connect with Meade Field and $1.01 million for the path connections for a tunnel underneath Hwy. 74 South that will be located at the Rite-Aid pharmacy. The Rite-Aid tunnel will be built by the state as part of the highway road widening project due to start later this year.

Fayetteville’s proposed SPLOST projects include $1.2 million for bike, pedestrian and multi-use path improvements, $1 million for street resurfacing and another $1 million for citywide grid/connectivity projects.

Fayetteville is also projecting to spend $750,000 on intersection improvements citywide, $950,000 on median improvements and $400,000 for a roundabout at Redwine and Ramah roads.

On Fayetteville’s “alternate projects” list are $1.94 million for bond debt retirement and another $527,000 to retire capital project loans. Also on the alternate list is $750,000 for a water well interconnection project and $492,800 for a streetscape on Ga. Highway 85.

The town of Brooks would receive $663,000 from the SPLOST, with $250,000 going toward sidewalks and $70,000 to a library renovation.

The town of Woolsey would receive $256,000 from the SPLOST and is proposing to use it on a community center.