Remember the new sales tax that Maricopa City Council approved this spring ? The one meant to save State Route 347 drivers from pavement purgatory ? Here’s your reminder that it goes into effect tomorrow .

Dubbed the Commuting Corridors Sales Tax Fund, the new levy increases the municipal sales tax from 2% to 2½% to help fund badly needed SR 347 improvements.

Mayor Nancy Smith called the tax “a game changer” for the city.

“Without this local investment, the widening of SR 347 simply wouldn’t be possible,” she said yesterday.

That’s true, considering other attempts to fundraise for the improvements failed in recent years and the Arizona State Transportation Board seriously hesitated before including the state highway on its five-year construction plan.

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