NASHVILLE — The city’s Metro Council voted 34 to two in favor of adding Mayor Megan Barry’s transit referendum, which would raise four taxes, including the sales tax, to pay for a large mass transit plan that is anchored by the implementation of a new light rail system, to the May 1 ballot, The Tennessean reports.
The council, however, tweaked the referendum language to list both the transit proposal's present-day cost of $5.4 billion, as well as the estimated amount of long-term revenue needed for the project, $8.95 billion. The mayor's office had lobbied for only the lower amount to go on the ballot.
