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Commission authorizes use of transportation impact fees for prioritized unpaved street improvements
Summary
The commission reaffirmed a prioritized multi-year schedule to improve unimproved streets and authorized using transportation impact fees to fund projects that meet the legal dual-rational-nexus test; individual projects will return for specific approvals.
The Town Commission on Sept. 8 reaffirmed a prioritization list and authorized funding from transportation impact fees for a multi-year program to improve unimproved streets and selected paved-road projects, subject to legal and consultant review.
Why it matters: The town holds roughly $1 million-plus in transportation impact fees earmarked for road improvements. Using impact fees for unpaved street upgrades could accelerate repairs in neighborhoods affected by new development and higher traffic, but Florida law requires the expenditure to meet a dual rational nexus test tying the fee to the need created by new development and showing the benefit to fee payers.
Public Works Director Mike Parker summarized the May 13 traffic-consultant report and outlined the…
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