Recreational Affairs Committee Asking For $5.5 Million In SPLOST Funding

The Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee on Recreation Affairs last night added $5.5 million to the list of requests to go to the Board of Commissioners for inclusion on the ballot next spring as part of the 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

The Committee said it really needs $10 million in parks, recreation and historic site funds, but it prioritized its list to include money to complete three projects at Veterans Park on Hog Mountain Road and make a variety of overall improvements to parks throughout the system.

The projects at Veterans park are completion of proposed softball fields as multipurpose fields,  improved traffic flow in the park by paving a second entrance, and adding new tennis fields.

The $5.5 million would be on top of continued funds to pay down the debt on a $11.8 million general obligation bond approved by voters in 2002. In the current SPLOST, the county set aside $4.8 million for bond repayment and $1.1 million for parks, recreation and historic projects.

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