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Clay County reviews multimodal mobility fee update after consultants outline $530 million project list and phased increases
Summary
Consultants presented a mobility fee study that models 2045 travel demand and a $530 million project list, proposing district-specific phased fee increases under Florida statute; commissioners pressed consultants on district boundaries, fairness for long-time rural homeowners, and credit rules for developer-built roads.
Consultants from GFT and RSG briefed the Clay County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 25 on an updated multimodal mobility fee study that the county hopes to adopt in January. The study uses a 2024 base year and a 2045 forecast, measures person-miles of travel rather than vehicle miles, and divides the county into five mobility-fee districts to calculate district-specific fees.
"It's a land use regulation that allows you, the local government, to assess a fee on new development to help fund the cost of your public infrastructure," Jeanette Burke of GFT told the board, explaining the dual-rational-nexus approach the consultants used to link fees to projects and to new travel demand.
Consultants said the prioritized project list totals roughly $530,000,000 over the next two…
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