Snohomish asks voters to renew sales tax for transportation
SNOHOMISH — A decade ago, Snohomish voters agreed to increase the city’s sales tax and use the money generated to repair streets and build specific transportation improvements.
Now, the city is asking voters to renew that tax for another decade.
Proposition 1 on the Aug. 3 primary ballot would keep in place the 0.2% sales tax which amounts to a dime on a $50 taxable purchase. Those dimes add up, with collections totalling $8.2 million as of March.
Those dollars have covered the cost of filling potholes and doing street overlays. Some also have been used to construct a roundabout at 15th Avenue and Avenue D — a project the city promised to voters in the 2011 ballot measure.
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