Lake Stevens voters give a thumbs up to sales tax hike for streets
LAKE STEVENS — Voters in Lake Stevens are agreeing to pay a higher sales tax to provide students with safer routes to schools and drivers with better roads.
With nearly all ballots counted, a measure to impose a new 0.2% transportation sales tax was passing with 51.9% on Monday. Overall, 7,595 residents backed Proposition 1 and 7,033 opposed.
The two-tenths of a penny increase will boost the sales tax rate in the city to 9.3% starting April 1, 2023. It will generate an estimated $19 million in the next decade. The tax will expire in 10 years, though it can be renewed by voters.
“I’m excited that it passed,” Mayor Brett Gailey said Monday. “I’m pleased that the voters saw value in the transportation benefit district and the list of projects we have that are weighted toward schools and getting students to and from them safely.”
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