Committee members were asked to consider dropping toll roads and "developer" projects.
Panel to reduce number of mobility projects
January 10, 2006
By Stephen Palkot
Fort Bend Herald
Copyright 2006
It will likely be a year before Fort Bend County holds a vote on the next mobility bond, and the process of whittling down projects continued on Monday.
The Fort Bend County Mobility Bond committee includes the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court and appointed representatives from area developers and cities.
County Judge Bob Hebert said he would like to wait until the final $26 million in bonds from 2000's mobility bond election are sold and dedicated to road projects before taking a new proposal to voters. That will not be until late December or early January of 2007, he said.
The committee will be whittling down a large list of proposed road improvements costing more than $450 million.
Within two to three weeks, the county's financial department will have an analysis to show how many bonds could be levied by not increasing the property tax rate, as well as the number for 1- to 5-cent increases in taxes.
Hebert at the meeting asked members to consider roads to be dropped from the proposed mobility bond, in particular those that will be considered as toll roads and those deemed "developer" projects.
"We have several projects on there that are really developer projects. They just serve developments, and they don't tie into anything now. They're coming off," he said.
At the meeting, members discussed the process for eliminating projects. Economic development will be a factor, but only after the committee looks at mobility, agreed committee members.
The committee will meet again on Feb. 13. Currently, 48 projects are on the list of requested roads for the mobility bond.
© 2006 Fort Bend Herald www.herald-coaster
January 10, 2006
By Stephen Palkot
Fort Bend Herald
Copyright 2006
It will likely be a year before Fort Bend County holds a vote on the next mobility bond, and the process of whittling down projects continued on Monday.
The Fort Bend County Mobility Bond committee includes the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court and appointed representatives from area developers and cities.
County Judge Bob Hebert said he would like to wait until the final $26 million in bonds from 2000's mobility bond election are sold and dedicated to road projects before taking a new proposal to voters. That will not be until late December or early January of 2007, he said.
The committee will be whittling down a large list of proposed road improvements costing more than $450 million.
Within two to three weeks, the county's financial department will have an analysis to show how many bonds could be levied by not increasing the property tax rate, as well as the number for 1- to 5-cent increases in taxes.
Hebert at the meeting asked members to consider roads to be dropped from the proposed mobility bond, in particular those that will be considered as toll roads and those deemed "developer" projects.
"We have several projects on there that are really developer projects. They just serve developments, and they don't tie into anything now. They're coming off," he said.
At the meeting, members discussed the process for eliminating projects. Economic development will be a factor, but only after the committee looks at mobility, agreed committee members.
The committee will meet again on Feb. 13. Currently, 48 projects are on the list of requested roads for the mobility bond.
© 2006 Fort Bend Herald
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