The Country Registrar made it official that Measure R, the Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax increase for comprehensive county transportation improvements, officially passed with more than a two-thirds majority vote.rnApproved by more than two million votes, a 67.93 percent majority, Measure R is expected to bring in $40 billion over 30 years to fund critically needed transit and highway projects and support transit operations throughout Los Angeles County.rnMetro officials hailed the final vote as a major milestone that puts the region back on track to address many dire transportation problems the county faces and vowed to put funds to work quickly and help create construction jobs that will stimulate the local economy.rnMeasure R sales taxes will start being collected July 1, 2009. During the first full year, it is projected that over $650 million will be collected and that revenue stream will grow as the economy expands.
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