Voters in Roane County voted against paying a $50 wheel tax to help fund a new high school.
The $50 dollar fee would have applied to every vehicle registered to a Roane County resident, and would have expired after 15 years.
For the first ten years, the money was earmarked for the construction of a new consolidated Roane County High School. The estimated $60 million dollar plan would retire Kingston, Harriman and Rockwood high schools and combine them in a new building near Roane State Community College.
For years 11 through 15 of the wheel tax, $30 would have gone to the school plan, and $20 will go to the county's debt service fund.