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Council opens public hearing on countywide transportation impact-fee facilities plan; hearing continued after robust discussion
Summary
County staff presented an updated transportation impact-fee facilities plan that expands fee coverage countywide, identifies 17 eligible road projects through 2030 and produces a proposed per-PM-peak-trip fee of $3,461.65. Councilors and the public raised concerns about the fee magnitude and effects on childcare, senior housing and affordable housing; meeting continued the facilities-plan hearing to April 12 for further input and the fee ordinance to a later date.
Summit County opened a public hearing March 8 on a countywide Transportation Impact Fee Facilities Plan and related impact-fee analysis. Brandon Brady (staff) and Helen Strawn (staff) presented the study and described two companion deliverables: (1) the facilities plan that lists eligible projects and (2) the fee analysis that converts project costs into a per-trip fee.
The facilities plan draws on the county’s 2022 long-range transportation plan and identifies 17 county-road projects that could be funded, in whole or in part, by impact fees. Staff said the analysis forecasts about 4,656 new PM-peak trips from 2022 through 2030; Zions Public…
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