Roads, parks and sidewalks are seeing major improvements in Tucker, thanks to Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) monies.
SPLOST 1 – a six-year, one-penny sales tax approved by voters in 2017 – allocated 65% for road improvements, 15% for parks, and 20% for sidewalks and trails, according to figures released by the city’s engineering and finance department.
This year’s paving list includes Roger Marten Way, several streets in the Brockett Creek area, five streets in the Arldowne Drive area, Florence and Rosser Terrace streets, five streets in the ForestGlade Circle part of Tucker, and five more in the Smoke Rise Gunstock Corridor, according to a list on Tucker’s website.
In 2023, 74% of Tucker’s voters approved a SPLOST extension, which city officials say will generate millions for additional infrastructure improvements.
According to Tucker city officials, 53 miles of roadways have been improved using SPLOST funds this fiscal year, and an additional 35 miles using other funds.
As of March, the city, according to a release, has spent more than $19 million of the first SPLOST allocation paving “more than 90 miles of city streets, constructing five miles of sidewalks and trails, and improving intersections.”
In February, the city council awarded Roadway Asset Services a $57,171 contract to conduct a pavement management analysis of Tucker’s Roads, which creates a priority list for future road improvements.
Each road in the city is given an RCI (Roadway Condition Index) and a PCI (Pavement Condition Index) on a scale from 0 to 100. A lower score indicates the need for improvements.
For example, a recently repaved street, Roger Marten Way, had an RCI score of 53 and a PCI rating of 23. A stretch of Brockett Creek Court received a RCI rating of 49.6 and a PCI score of 10.
