Which meams, Brownwood, Lubbock and El Paso can pay for Houston's roads. The cities can gang up and push the cost off on rural area residents who will never use the roads.
A better idea would be to levy a road construction tax on the developers, who will pass it on to the buyers who will be needing the new roads. This could be supplemented with a small city/county wide increase in property taxes to maintain roads.
"A better idea would be to levy a road construction tax on the developers, who will pass it on to the buyers who will be needing the new roads. This could be supplemented with a small city/county wide increase in property taxes to maintain roads."
They call that impact fees here in Florida AND they charge us gas taxes as well for transportation improvements AND propose new toll roads in the future for new roads and schools. I'm running out of orifices.
Why doesn't someone introduce legislation to give Houston to Louisiana? It would increase the average I.Q. of both Louisiana and Texas. We could also give them Austin.