Companies that submit proposals to manage the transportation portion of Cobb County’s 2011 SPLOST program, could also be considered to manage whatever transportation projects the county could get in the proposed regional transportation tax.

Chairman Tim Lee successfully pitched a plan Tuesday that provides Cobb an option to expand the scope of the RFP if voters approve the regional tax next year.

Commissioner Bob Ott, cast the lone dissenting vote, saying it was “premature” to consider anything relative to the transportation referendum.

In March, Cobb voters approved a four-year extension of the county’s local SPLOST through 2015.

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