Mecklenburg Towns Get Transit Cash

It was the first payment from that one-cent transit tax in Mecklenburg county — the extra penny you pay on purchases —with the money going for roads and mass transit.

Official response and confirmed impact

The tax went into effect in July, and since then, it’s generated $27.5 million dollars.

Most of that will go to the Metropolitan Transit Planning Authority to be used on light rail and bus projects

But every town in the county also gets a piece of the action. Here’s how some of the money was distributed in the first payout.

-Charlotte $8.1 million -Huntersville, just over $1 million -Mint Hill $554,000 -Matthews $425,000

The towns can use the money for roadwork, bicycle lanes, lighting, and storm drainage work.

Going forward, the sales tax payments will be doled out to the towns every month.

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