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Dunwoody SPLOST

When you travel down a freshly paved road or new sidewalk in Dunwoody, you’re experiencing SPLOST at work.

The DeKalb County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is a one-cent sales tax that provides funding exclusively for capital projects and other long-lasting improvements, with a focus on transportation and public safety projects. The current SPLOST was approved by 69 percent of voters in November 2017 and will run until 2024. SPLOST I provides funding exclusively for capital projects and other long-lasting improvements, with a focus on transportation and public safety projects.

On November 7, 2023, voters approved a renewal of SPLOST. SPLOST II will give municipalities greater spending flexibility and follows a similar distribution formula for the funds based on the population of each city. The details of SPLOST II are included in the proposed 2024 budget approved by City Council on Oct. 30.  In summary, some of the larger projects include the following (figures below account for spending through 2028):

  • Road Resurfacing: $12.1 million
  • Chamblee Dunwoody Corridor – Dunwoody Village $4.7 million
  • Mt Vernon Road Corridor $4.0 million
  • Police Vehicles: $3.4 million
  • Roberts Drive Improvements for New Austin Elementary: $3.2 million
  • Old Spring House Lane Path: $3.0 million
  • Police Equipment: $1.6 million

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Active & recent SPLOST Projects

Annual Paving
Dunwoody High School Path
Mount Vernon Road Corridor Improvements
Mount Vernon at Tilly Mill Intersection
Old Spring House Lane Path
Peeler Road Path
Village Crossroads
Winters Chapel Multiuse Trail Phase II
Sidewalk infill at various locations

Click here or on the image below for a closer look at a map of SPLOST Transportation Projects 2018-2023.

From 2018 to 2023, Dunwoody Public Works completed the following transportation projects using SPLOST:

  1. 104 lane miles of paving
  2. More than 4 miles of new sidewalks on Tilly Mill Road, Peeler Road, Dunwoody Club Drive, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard access road, Dunwoody Park, Spalding Drive and Perimeter Center East
  3. Chamblee Dunwoody at Spalding Intersection
  4. Chamblee Dunwoody/Womack Road Intersection Improvement Plan
  5. Dunwoody Road Sidewalk
  6. Winters Chapel Multiuse Trail Phase I
  7. Roberts Drive improvements for the new Austin Elementary School
  8. North Shallowford Road path at Chamblee Dunwoody Road
  9. Mount Vernon Road at North Peachtree Road crosswalk improvement

Dunwoody SPLOST Projects 2023 map for web

SPLOST dollars have also been used to make Dunwoody safer with the purchase of new vehicles and in-car cameras for the Dunwoody Police Department.

To improve fire safety and emergency response times, DeKalb County used SPLOST to purchase 10 rapid response vehicles. One of those vehicles is assigned to Station 21 in Dunwoody.

Click here or on the image below for a closer look at a Dunwoody paving map for 2024-2028.

Paving Plan 2018-2023 paving map for web