Stefanie Mendell: Let developers pay for infrastructure

I read in the March 22 news article “Raleigh might ask voters to fund road projects” that the Raleigh City Council is considering a bond referendum for road projects.

While I agree that our city streets need improvement to keep up with growth, I don’t think it’s fair that residents should bear the burden of the cost through increased property taxes, especially as we have just had several tax hikes from Raleigh and Wake County.

I think it would be more appropriate for developers to pay a larger share of infrastructure costs. They are the ones making all the money from growth. We shouldn’t have to subsidize their profits.

This story was originally published March 30, 2017 at 6:39 PM with the headline "Stefanie Mendell: Let developers pay for infrastructure."