CMAP promotes higher sales tax for public works in Chicago area
- SSMMA
- Nov 17, 2014
- 1 min read
If the Chicago region is serious about investing in its aging infrastructure and competing on the global stage, it may take a quarter-cent sales tax increase to make it happen, according to regional planners.
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is seeking support for a higher sales tax in the six-county region to generate about $300 million annually for transportation, water and open space projects…Please click here to read Susan Demar Lafferty’s story in the Southtown Star, or see a related story in Crain’s Chicago Business. Information about CMAP’s infrastructure funding proposal can be found here.
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