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M <br />B) Increase property taxes to widen roads, but that is a <br />very unpopular alternative at this time. Civic groups <br />want new growth to pay for itself. <br />C) Establish toll roads, but that is a very laborious <br />process in Florida, and -the alternative is not there in <br />a practical sense. <br />D) Assessments on property. If we were to widen CR -512,' <br />the County could define a benefited area on each side of. <br />the road and could assess the cost of widening the road <br />to everybody in the area. However, that really isn't <br />fair to the residents who have been here for years and <br />years who paid for the existing road. <br />In looking at all the alternatives, Indian River County, as <br />well as many other counties in Florida, feels that the impact fee <br />is the most equitable way to pay for road widening. <br />Felismere Impact Fee Projects <br />One of the projects that has been in the County's 20 -year <br />plan since about 1985 is the capacity expansion of CR -507, which <br />basically goes through the heart of the Felismere community. <br />That project would involve the widening of a 3-1/2 mile stretch <br />of road. As the community develops, the first project that we <br />foresee is improvements to CR -507, particularly at the <br />intersection of CR -512. CR -507 and CR -512 probably are the roads <br />that would be stressed the soonest and would require either <br />left-hand turn lanes or lane widening as well as signalization. <br />So we have projects in the County's 20 -year plan to address the <br />future road network in the Felismere area. That plan was <br />developed by the County staff working with the Transportation <br />Planning Committee (TPC), which was established in the 1980s to <br />address road issues in the county. Councilman Brooks is <br />Fellsmere's representative on that committee and he has <br />faithfully attended the meetings. The TPC listens to*the issues <br />5 <br />ROOK rlr� Fr1�C <br />