Comments for Pooyie! 04.22.2009 at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.theind.com Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/4241#comment-850 In response to "nobody�s" comment, it�s my opinion that it is not smart for taxpayers to pay millions of dollars for a four lane arterial that discourages development. Realize the road will be paid by either sales tax or property tax. Developed property pays a higher property tax than farm land, and farm land pays very little or no sales tax. If the Lafayette Consolidated Government�s Administration and Council authorize millions to construct for a major street, smart planning dictates the installation of underground water, sanitary sewer and electrical power. Imagine a potential business or residence halfway between Kaliste Saloom and Verot School Road. The buyer would have to dig a trench and run a sanitary sewer line and water one-half mile to Kaliste Saloom. In addition, wooden utility poles with overhead electrical lines and transformers would run from Kaliste Saloom or Verot to service that property. This, CLEARLY, would discourage development. Instead, LUS could properly engineer and install underground electrical, sanitary sewer and water. The cost of this infrastructure will be repaid to LUS through fees paid by the property developers. The fee to connect to those utilities would be accessed proportionally, based on the frontage of land purchased on the roadway. This is the method extensively used in progressive communities and is a "smart growth" position Lafayette should adopt. - Kirby Pecot Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:19:59 +0100 http://www.theind.com/pooyie/4241#comment-812 I could be wrong, but I thought that the people who developed along Camellia would be responsible for placing the utilities underground. I think that new construction is prohibited from using overhead. So, since there's nothing out there, there's, well, nothing out there. It's not up to LUS, in other words, to always place the infrastructure merely in anticipation of development. - nobody Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:44:02 +0100