5. Infrastructure in Atlanta: TSPLOST

Last September, the Atlanta mayor proposed two infrastructure packages totaling $700 million to be approved by voters on the May 2022 ballot.

By the numbers: One of the packages is a renewal of TPLOST, a .4% sales tax  that would raise $300 million and includes:

• More than $90 million to build safer streets with bike lanes protected from automobile traffic.
• $18 million to replace, repair and maintain bridges.
• More than $110 million to fix sidewalks and build new ones along Lenox Road, Northside Drive, Marietta Boulevard and major state roads like Moreland Avenue and Memorial Drive.
• $40 million in upgrades for recreation centers in Grove Park, Peachtree Hills, Kirkwood and other neighborhoods.
• $15 million to build the second phase of the new and improved DeKalb Avenue.
• $3 million for each council member to spend on projects in their district.

Our thought bubble: The City of Atlanta spent a lot of time engaging citizens and soliciting input on this list, so we are hopefully optimistic the renewal will pass in May.