SPLOST for Infrastructure
"Infrastructure" is a broad term that encompasses the physical components of a community that make modern life and society possible. Typically, infrastructure refers to roads, bridges, water delivery systems, sewer systems, storm water systems, and electrical grids, but has been expanded in recent years to include telecommunications and even green spaces.
Augusta, like most cities, has an infrastructure with various features that range in age, capability, and condition. Maintenance of existing infrastructure and the creation of new infrastructure to sustain the population and support the growth of the community is a challenge. All phases of SPLOST, since its inception, have been utilized to provide Augusta with a funding source to manage the city's complex and wide-ranging infrastructure.
Augusta, like most cities, has an infrastructure with various features that range in age, capability, and condition. Maintenance of existing infrastructure and the creation of new infrastructure to sustain the population and support the growth of the community is a challenge. All phases of SPLOST, since its inception, have been utilized to provide Augusta with a funding source to manage the city's complex and wide-ranging infrastructure.
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Alexander Drive at Riverwatch
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Augusta Common
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St Sebastian Way and Greene St
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Warren Road
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Windsor Spring Rd
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Augusta Canal and Butt Bridge
The list below features several significant infrastructure projects that have been funded through SPLOST. The list below is a sampling of projects - it is not an all-inclusive list of the hundreds of infrastructure-related SPLOST projects that have taken place.
To see Projects that are part of the November 3, 2015 SPLOST referendum, click here!
SPLOST Infrastructure Projects
| Project | SPLOST Phase | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Turpin Hill Rdwy | I | $1,020,879 |
| Doug Barnard Pkwy | I | $1,874,524 |
| Windsor Spring Road, Section I | I | $2,780,104 |
| Windsor Spring Road, Section II | I | $1,707,396 |
| Tobacco Road, Phase II | I | $1,511,764 |
| Wheeler Rd Widening | II | $974,556 |
| Barton Chapel Rd, Phase II | II | $2,769,553 |
| Tobacco Rd | II | $2,736,545 |
| Jackson Road widening | II | $2,318,812 |
| Rae's Creek Channel Improvement | II | $1,756,878 |
| Alexander Drive | III | $6,648,810 |
| Warren Road | III | $2,647,298 |
| Skinner Mill Road Extension | III | $1,519,459 |
| Morgan Road | III | $4,955,408 |
| Windsor Spring Road | III | $4,546,595 |
| East Boundary Improvements | IV | $6,318,568 |
| Paving Various Dirt Roads | IV | $3,392,355 |
| St. Sebastian Way / Greene St / 15th Street | IV | $14,051,417 |
| Windsor Spring Road Section IV | IV | $850,639 |
| Washington Road Intersection | IV | $1,328,853 |
| East Augusta Street and Drainage Improvements (In Progress) | V | $1,615,138 |
| Augusta Canal Improvements | V | $2,500,000 |
| D'Antignac Street Flood Avoidance | V | $4,835,482 |
| Marks Church Road Improvement (In Progress) | V | $1,337,645 |
| Grading and Drainage Improvements | VI | $3,366,739 |
Hyde Park Street and Drainage Improvements (In Progress) |
VI | $2,073,143 |
| Hyde Park (Martin Luther King Drive) (In Progress) | VI | $1,131,484 |
| 15th Street Pedestrian Improvements (In Progress) | VI | $367,954 |
| Resurfacing (In Progress) | VI | $1,162,914 |