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Lubbock council votes 5–2 to set roadway impact fees to zero after public comment
Summary
At a special called meeting the Lubbock City Council approved on second reading Ordinance No. 2025-000096 to set roadway impact fees at 0 by a recorded 5–2 vote after an extended public comment period with residents and committee members urging opposing positions.
The Lubbock City Council voted 5–2 at a special called meeting to set roadway impact fees to 0, approving Ordinance No. 2025-000096 amending Chapter 41 (Impact Fees) of the City Code on its second reading. The council conducted a recorded vote after an extended public comment period in which residents, business representatives and former committee members offered conflicting views on the ordinance’s fiscal and growth impacts.
The decision will remove the city’s current collection of roadway impact fees, a funding mechanism council members and members of the public debated as an alternative to using bond proceeds or general-fund revenue for road projects. “Impact fees are a fair, equitable, and essential tool for funding critical infrastructure,”…
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