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Costs and special assessments dominate debate over 'improved' vs 'unimproved' roads at Birmingham multimodal meeting
Summary
Commissioners, board members and residents spent much of the Dec. 11 workshop arguing about whether the Multimodal Board should evaluate cost and special-assessment implications for street projects. Commissioners said funding and improved/unimproved designations are commission policy; board members and residents asked for clearer public information and a decision matrix.
A major thread of the Dec. 11 joint workshop focused on funding: who pays for upgrades to streets, whether the multimodal board should consider cost implications, and how to make trade-offs transparent to residents.
Board members repeatedly said they need at least orders-of-magnitude cost information to judge value and recommend multimodal features. One board member described a prior project framework that included multiple value dimensions and said that approach…
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