While a compromise on Maricopa County’s transportation funding announced earlier this month doesn’t give all interested parties everything they wanted, the Chandler mayor and another key player seem pleased.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill into law Aug. 1 that allows Maricopa County voters to decide on extending a half-cent sales tax for transportation projects. While that sets up a fight at the ballot box — presumably in a 2024 special election called by the county’s Board of Supervisors — proponents of the compromise and the past Proposition 400 program seem happy about the transportation spending the potential tax would fund.
The Maricopa Association of Governments monitored negotiations between the governor and the Arizona Legislature after Hobbs vetoed an initial legislative bill in June.
