Coweta's municipalities

will meet with Coweta County next Tuesday to try and finalize a list of

Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax projects for the upcoming fall

vote.

County Administrator

Theron Gay projects the tax could generate more than $98 million over

the next five years, based on an 11 percent growth rate.

Nearly $35

million would go towards building a new judicial center for the county.

The remaining $63 million would be apportioned to the county and cities

based on population.

Coweta County

would get $42 million and has earmarked such projects as a possible new

library and a satellite library at Thomas Crossroads. The county also

wants to place a lot of the funds toward road and bridge construction.

Any funds the county places towards road construction will be matched

75 cents per dollar by the state DOT.

The city of

Newnan would get nearly $15 million over five years, while Senoia would

receive $1.78 million.

The special

election for the SPLOST vote is Sept.18.

The meeting

between the cities and the county is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday morning at

the County Administration Building in Newnan.