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DuPage County staff outlines plan to reallocate abolished impact fees into new transportation accounts
Summary
Staff described a plan to move remaining funds from the county's abolished impact fee program into 10 transportation accounts (nine district accounts plus an administrative account) and noted statutory limits on using the money for capacity-related improvements; no formal reappropriation vote occurred at the committee meeting.
DuPage County transportation staff on March 4 told the Transportation Committee they plan to reallocate remaining funds from an impact fee program repealed in May 2023 into new transportation accounts that mirror the county’s nine districts plus a single administrative account.
Gerald (staff member) summarized the program’s history: established in November 1988 to pay for highway capacity improvements, the program collected more than $70 million over roughly 38 years. The county stopped collecting impact fees after an ordinance terminated the program on May 23, 2023, and staff said they have been spending down the balance while handling remaining refund claims under the previously established rules.
Staff described a…
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