Politics & Government
Results for Arch/Park Tax, Prop P in St. Louis County, City
It had to pass in both St. Louis City and St. Louis County in order to impose the sales tax increase to fund improvements around the Gateway Arch, local parks and regional trails.
Voters in St. Louis County and St. Louis City said yes to a 3/16ths of one-cent sales tax increase designed to fund about $31 million a year in improvements to the Gateway Arch grounds, the regional Great Rivers Greenway trails and greenways, and for city and county parks.
The measure had to pass in both the county and the city in order to be implemented. In the city, with 100 percent of the vote counted, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the proposition won with 67 percent of the vote.
With 100 percent of the votes counted in the county, the proposition passed easily with a 53 percent to 47 percent margin.
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The money would go toward:
- Arch grounds improvements, about $9.4 million.
- Parks in St. Louis City: $2.5 million.
- Great Rivers Greenway trails around the region, about $9.42 million.
- St. Louis County parks, $6 million.
- St. Louis County city parks, about $4 million.
Correction: An earlier version of this article used the incorrect proposition name in the headline. The headline has been corrected.
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