Tampa Bay voters again reject tax for transportation improvements

Hillsborough County’s proposed 1% levy would have generated $340 million for public transit and measures that would improve traffic safety and ease congestion.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 2:54 p.m. November 10, 2022
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All for Transportation leaders Tyler Hudson and Christina Barker. (File photo)
All for Transportation leaders Tyler Hudson and Christina Barker. (File photo)
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A referendum that would have raised Hillsborough County’s sales tax from 7.5% to 8.5% to fund transportation projects has once again come up short.

 

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