Dallas talks of road-use fee

Benefits would have costs

David Crossley, Jun 28, 10.

One of the ideas being kicked around Dallas City Hall to raise more revenue in a lean budget year is to charge residents and businesses a road-use fee, according to a story in the Dallas Morning News.

The idea was one of several presented to the City Council on Wednesday in a “brainstorming” session on the budget, the story says.

“This is a program that is implemented in some cities to assess a property a fee for the benefit they receive from the road system,” said Jack Ireland, executive general manager of the city manager’s office. “It’s based on the trips that are generated by that property, and it helps defray that cost of the road system.”