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Another one for the brain trust here (sincerely).
How does residential/commercial development coordinate with infrastructure needs? I do know they must be independent of each other, different funding sources, and infrastructure costs have to be spread over the whole tax base - not just the last development.
There are endless arguments on Nextdoor with every new residential or commercial development. The NIMBY’s are against every project, and they always use ‘traffic is already impossible”, our “sewer/water systems” are already overloaded, schools are already too crowded, we don’t want to be NYC, etc.
While I don’t agree with resisting all development, it’s clear public infrastructure has to grow somewhat in tandem with private development.
Developers can’t just keep adding developments without any change in infrastructure AND municipalities aren’t going to throw money at expanding infrastructure hoping developers will come and build.
So how does that happen? I’m sure it varies some by state, county, city - but I assume it’s not just squeaky wheel vs available funds/resources.
[Asking on Nextdoor would be a waste of time…]
How does residential/commercial development coordinate with infrastructure needs? I do know they must be independent of each other, different funding sources, and infrastructure costs have to be spread over the whole tax base - not just the last development.
There are endless arguments on Nextdoor with every new residential or commercial development. The NIMBY’s are against every project, and they always use ‘traffic is already impossible”, our “sewer/water systems” are already overloaded, schools are already too crowded, we don’t want to be NYC, etc.
While I don’t agree with resisting all development, it’s clear public infrastructure has to grow somewhat in tandem with private development.
Developers can’t just keep adding developments without any change in infrastructure AND municipalities aren’t going to throw money at expanding infrastructure hoping developers will come and build.
So how does that happen? I’m sure it varies some by state, county, city - but I assume it’s not just squeaky wheel vs available funds/resources.
[Asking on Nextdoor would be a waste of time…]
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