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County waives transportation fee
By Peter Jones
Developers building homes within Arapahoe County’s Regional Transportation Impact District are getting temporary relief from a fee used to improve major arterials and construct new traffic signals in unincorporated areas.
Last May, the county’s board of commissioners approved a six-month suspension of the transportation fee collected when building permits are issued within the RTIF district.
The district is located in an area bounded by Parker Road on the west, Hampden Avenue on the north, Gun Club Road on the east and the Arapahoe/Douglas County line on the south.
On Nov. 10, the board voted to extend the suspension of the fee through May 15 and said the fee would be re-established once the housing market rebounds.
“We are living in unprecedented economic times,” said Commissioner Rod Bockenfeld, whose eastern county district includes the RTIF area. “[We] felt it was important to temporarily suspend this fee to help the homebuilding industry sell homes, which ultimately will be passed on to potential home buyers.”
The RTIF program was approved by the board in 1995 to assist funding arterial infrastructure in rapidly developing unincorporated areas.
The fee is matched dollar for dollar with Arapahoe County’s Capital Improvement Project and has been used for a variety of road improvements.
Last May, the county’s board of commissioners approved a six-month suspension of the transportation fee collected when building permits are issued within the RTIF district.
The district is located in an area bounded by Parker Road on the west, Hampden Avenue on the north, Gun Club Road on the east and the Arapahoe/Douglas County line on the south.
On Nov. 10, the board voted to extend the suspension of the fee through May 15 and said the fee would be re-established once the housing market rebounds.
“We are living in unprecedented economic times,” said Commissioner Rod Bockenfeld, whose eastern county district includes the RTIF area. “[We] felt it was important to temporarily suspend this fee to help the homebuilding industry sell homes, which ultimately will be passed on to potential home buyers.”
The RTIF program was approved by the board in 1995 to assist funding arterial infrastructure in rapidly developing unincorporated areas.
The fee is matched dollar for dollar with Arapahoe County’s Capital Improvement Project and has been used for a variety of road improvements.
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