1/8¢ Transportation Tax Renewal
August 5, 2008
On August 5, 2008, Springfield voters once again approved renewal of an 1/8¢ sales tax, with no tax increase, for another round of high-priority transportation projects in Springfield. The tax has a four-year sunset.
Results:
Yes - 14,727 (80.95%)
No - 3,465 (19.05%)
In 1996, 2000 and 2004, Springfield voters approved a one-eighth of one percent sales tax for transportation that has allowed the City to partner with the Missouri Department of Transportation to accelerate improvements by extending MoDOT’s cost-sharing program to additional high-priority projects in the Springfield metro area.
Proposed Projects Overview for 2009 – 2012
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Detailed Project List
- Intersection/Interchange Improvements:
- I-44 and Kansas Expressway
- James River Freeway at National Avenue
- James River Freeway at Campbell Avenue
- National Avenue at Kearney Street
- Widen U.S. Route 65 to six lanes, in two phases, from Chestnut Expressway to Sunshine Street, Sunshine to Battlefield Road.
- Turn lane improvements for safety and capacity at various locations, such as Glenstone at Battlefield and Chestnut Expressway at Sherman Avenue.
- Bridge and pavement preservation including bridge rehabilitation on Kansas Expressway viaduct.
- Design priority intermodal connectivity improvements to enhance pediestrian, bicycle, and transit mobility.
- Construct pedestrian connections to transit stops along Glenstone Avenue.
- Enhancements to the Ozarks Traffic Intelligent Transportation System including variable message signs.
- Cost-Share projects for economic development working with MoDOT, Greene County and private developers.
Official Ballot Language
Shall the City of Springfield, Missouri, continue a sales tax of one-eighth of one percent for transportation purposes to fund high-priority transportation improvements which include the following: Upgrading U.S. Route 65 to a six-lane facility from Battlefield Road to Chestnut Expressway; interchange improvements at James River Freeway (JRF) an National Avenue, JRF and Campbell Avenue (Phase I) and I-44 and Kansas Expressway; Intermodal Connectivity investment to enhance mobility of alternative modes of transportation (Pedestrian, Bicycle and Transit); intersection improvements at Kearney Street and National Avenue; Turn Lane Safety and Capacity Projects; Bridge and Pavement Preservation Projects; Intelligent Transportation System Projects; and other shared funding projects with County, State, Federal and Developers to advance high-priority transportation projects; and including the repayment of bonds which may be used to pay for the improvements, with the tax to sunset in four years?
(Note: This will not increase the current one-eighth of one percent transportation sales tax.)
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