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Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 15, 2024

Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell said today that voters should expect to see local transit funding on their ballots in November, reports the Tennessean. During his campaign for mayor, O'Connell pledged to pursue a countywide vote on a tax raise to fund mass transit projects during his first term. Today's announcement marks the start of a new campaign to sell the city on a plan to improve public transit and a dedicated stream of new tax revenue to pay for it. O'Connell said he expects to present a plan in greater detail next month, including the anticipated cost of the project, which likely will be "somewhere in the billions" spread over a 30-year period, according to the paper.