MI: SMART Faces Critics as it Seeks Millage Renewal

July 27, 2018
Voters in Macomb County and participating communities in Oakland and Wayne counties will decide Aug. 7 whether to renew the millage to fund the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation through 2021.

Voters in Macomb County and participating communities in Oakland and Wayne counties will decide Aug. 7 whether to renew the millage to fund the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, better known as SMART, through 2021.

The measure also would slightly increase the millage in Macomb and Oakland counties to 1 mill, which Wayne County residents already pay.

Critics of the current transit system, however, say there are cheaper and more efficient means to provide the service. Should any of the three counties SMART serves vote its renewal down, service would end in that county within a few months.

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