Sales Tax Proposed to Fix Roads in St. Landry Parish

The St. Landry Parish Government will place a 2-cent sales tax on the October ballot. If passed, the money will be used to improve more than 700 miles of parish roads.

Currently, the parish uses the following three separate revenue streams to maintain its roads: a transportation tax on gas sales which brings in $800,000 annually. The second source is video poker, which brings in $500,000. Finally, Racino funds add $1.6 million for road maintenance. This adds up to just over $3.1 million total, for road maintenance.