Voters in Oklahoma City will head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether or not to pass a 1-cent sales tax, which will pay for a growing infrastructure in the city.

The tax, known as MAPS 3, would begin in April, starting the day after an existing sales tax ends, and would continue for seven years and nine months, according to OKC.gov/maps3.

Because of the existing 1-cent sports facility sales tax, Oklahoma City’s sales tax rate would not change if MAPS 3 passes.

Following the group’s Metropolitan Area Projects, MAPS, which focused on revitalizing Bricktown, and MAPS for Kids, which directed money toward schools in Oklahoma City, MAPS 3 proposes eight projects for Oklahoma City and is estimated to cost $777 million dollars, according to the Web site.

“This proposal dreams big, and it continues the momentum and renaissance of the last 15 years,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett stated in a press release. “I believe it will achieve the goals that have always defined MAPS projects – creating jobs and improving our quality of life.”

For a new sales tax to pass, it is only required that more than 50 percent of voters are in favor of it, according to the Web site.

It is estimated that if the initiative were approved, the project would not be finished until nearly 2020, according to the Web site.

“If this initiative moves forward, the next 10 years of this city’s history will be more exciting than the last 10,” Cornett said. “We have hardly scratched the surface of what this city is capable.”

But not everyone is as enthusiastic as the mayor is about MAPS 3.

Susan Adams, a retired Oklahoma City police officer, is against the initiative and said the money should be going to necessary projects like street and bridge improvements.

“The money is not going to take care of the many issues of the city, it’s going to take care of downtown,” Adams said.

Adams is part of an opposition by the citizens and police and fire unions in Oklahoma City. The group, which runs the Web site KillTheMapsTax.com, said the city is short on police and firefighters and money should be for different things.

The group also said the estimated costs of the projects are not accurate, a tax increase would hurt the economy and lower-income families would suffer from the regressive sales tax.

Eight projects proposed by the initiative:

• A park connecting downtown OKC with the Oklahoma River (estimated $130 million)

• A rail streetcar system (estimated $130 million)

• A new downtown convention center (estimated $280 million)

• Sidewalks throughout the city (estimated $10 million)

• Bicycling and walking trails (estimated $40 million)

• Oklahoma River improvements, including a kayaking facility and upgrades to the rowing racecourse (estimated $60 million)

• Health and wellness aquatics centers for senior citizens (estimated $50 million)

• Improvements to the state fairgrounds (estimated $60 million)

• Contingency funds to cover unforeseen costs (estimated $17 million)