State legislation now allows local governments to choose to do away with concurrency requirements and modify Level of Service (LOS) requirements. The Lee County Comprehensive Plan amendments currently being developed by county staff will propose doing away with transportation concurrency and modifying LOS to be a multi-modal approach. The next step in the process is to change the funding strategy to be consistent with this new approach.
Currently
Lee County has a road impact fee that requires new developments to pay a
proportionate share of the road infrastructure costs they impose on the community. As the county implements a balanced
multi-modal transportation system, consistent with its 2035 New Horizons Plan,
the county needs to change its transportation financing system to reflect this
new reality. The most effective way to
do this is for Lee County to replace its road impact fee with a mobility fee. A mobility fee approach is also consistent
with the county's complete streets policy and program; which supports streets
that are safe and accessible for all users, and an effective multi-modal
transportation system.
A mobility fee is a charge on all
new development to provide mitigation for its impact on the transportation
system. These fees could fund
multi-modal transportation improvements for roadways, transit, bikeway, and pedestrian
walkways. This includes capital projects, system efficiency and congestion
management improvements /strategies, and transit capital and operating costs.
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