So—Boone County train enthusiasts it will be another 3/4 cent sales tax at a minimium for our county to join the METRA system plus whatever local costs for stations and track improvements charges. And that is all assuming that METRA wants “us”.
Please note how “Stimulus Money” was divided in McHenry County. I have yet to hear if our county/cities are receiving any road funds; I just heard what IDOT has planned in Boone County.
The General Assembly doubled the sales tax that collar counties pay to subsidize the Regional Transportation Authority to half a percent last year. Sensing the unpopularity of the idea, legislators added an additional quarter-percent sales tax that each county government could spend on its own transportation and public safety needs.
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