Coweta voters head to the poll Tuesday to decide whether the county’s one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax should be continued another five years.

County officials estimate that $127 million would be raised from 2007-2012 and be used for a variety of capital improvements, including bridges, roads and new county facilities.

The lion’s share of Coweta County portions of the money would go towards road and intersection improvements. Nearly $54 million is alloted to rehabilitate such intersections as Lora Smith and Lower Fayetteville Road, Mary Freeman and Poplar Road and Macedonia Road and Ga. Highway 16. The county would receive $86 million of the funds, while the municipalities would share the remaining $41 million.

The most controversial of the municipal projects is the city of Newnan’s plan to allocate $1.5 million towards building a conference center or amphitheater. Some residents say the conference center is not needed, but Newnan officials maintain if it’s not necessary, they would build an amphitheater for another entertainment venue in the city.

The city of Senoia would receive $3.5 million in SPLOST proceeds over five years and $1 million would go towards improving the existing town hall and police departments or replacing them.

Polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday.

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