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Manvel council hears roadway impact-fee primer as staff eyes study
Summary
Consultants explained how a roadway impact fee would charge only new development for capacity-adding road projects, how Texas law and a rate-credit prevent 'double-dipping,' and council signaled support to study the idea further.
Consultants from Friese Nichols gave Manvel City Council a step-by-step briefing on roadway impact fees at a March 17 workshop, saying the charge would apply only to new development and would be used to pay the share of capital projects needed to serve growth over a 10-year planning horizon. "Impact fees are a financing tool that allows you to recoup the cost of a portion of growth that's happening in the next 10 years," said Ashida Rahman, Friese Nichols, in the presentation.
Rahman told council that roadway impact fees differ from the city's existing water and wastewater fees. Whereas water fees are…
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