Infrastructure Fee Shortfall Plagues Modesto's Village

An infrastructure fee shortfall for an 1,840-acre project in a Central California Valley city could reach into the tens of millions of dollars.

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August 28, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Politicians everywhere promise to "make development pay for itself." InModesto, the City Council made that promise regarding an 1,800-acre housingand commercial development a decade ago. But when the market didn't respond,the city slashed impact fees to spur construction. Now, the city faces aninfrastructure funding shortfall that may amount to tens of millions ofdollars, and no easy answers for solving the deficit.

Thanks to Paul Shigley

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