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Yes or No on Troy TDD? You Probably Don't Get A Vote. [Aug 26, 2006]
The Transportation Development District (TDD) issue along Hwy 47 and Lincoln Drive will come up for a revote Aug 29. The revote was forced because two voters at the Fairgrounds voting station were given ballots to vote on the issue when they weren't supposed to. One of those people admitted to not voting, but the other voted one way or the other. Since the issue only passed by one vote, a recount was ordered.
The revote will take place at the Court House on Main Street from like 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 29th. Only the 120 or so people who live along HWY 47 or Lincoln Drive in the affected area have the chance to vote on the issue.
A yes vote will establish a 1% sales tax on goods bought at businesses in the area in order to raise enough funds to widen HWY 47 in Troy to five lanes and Lincoln to 3 lanes. It will also contribute to fixing the bridge over Hwy 61 and install a stoplight at the 4-way stop at Lincoln and Old Cap-Au-Gris at the entrance to the City Park.
The TDD was previously in effect for 9 months before a vote was brought up to abolish the tax, citing the fact that only about 10 people voted to put the tax into effect in the first place. In the 9 months, the tax raised about $900,000 dollars for improvements to Hwy 47. MODOT entered into an agreement with the Directors of the TDD to match the $900,000. MODOT will pony up its share around next summer to do some more improvements.
If you take the time to notice the TDD signs along 47 and Lincoln, you will noticed that people along 47 are generally in favor of the tax, while those along Lincoln tend to be against the tax. This most likely has to do with the fact that the businesses along Lincoln are small, single owner business, whereas those along 47 tend to be the bigger chain stores.
Business owners along Lincoln are opposing the tax propbably because they take the approach that we pay taxes already to MODOT to fix the roads, why should we be paying more taxes because MODOT can't get its act together to get the money to improve the roads?
I don't know if these specific improvements will help the city, but TDDs have proven effective. Wentzville Parkway was built using a TDD, which is the example commonly used by proponents of the tax. I doubt this will affect Troy like the Wentzville Parkway project affected Wentzville. The area that could be affected the most is actually Lincoln Drive. The area in queston along 47 is already saturated with businesses and doesn't really have much room to attract more unless the current tenants move. Lincoln Drive has plenty of room for new tenants. The area around the Super 8 is a prime location for new businesses and I believe improving the road would help attract businesses there.
Troy has to do something now about its infastructure or when the new overpass is completed in Moscow Mills, Troy will be left in the dust for new development and businesses.
The fact of the matter is that the winning side in this will likely receive less than 40 votes but it will affect every person in and around Lincoln County at one time or another. I really doubt that the city of Troy will do anything about the crappy roads in this town or much of anything else, so I urge anyone voting in the election to vote YES on this issue. Yes for the future of Troy, Missouri
The revote will take place at the Court House on Main Street from like 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 29th. Only the 120 or so people who live along HWY 47 or Lincoln Drive in the affected area have the chance to vote on the issue.
A yes vote will establish a 1% sales tax on goods bought at businesses in the area in order to raise enough funds to widen HWY 47 in Troy to five lanes and Lincoln to 3 lanes. It will also contribute to fixing the bridge over Hwy 61 and install a stoplight at the 4-way stop at Lincoln and Old Cap-Au-Gris at the entrance to the City Park.
The TDD was previously in effect for 9 months before a vote was brought up to abolish the tax, citing the fact that only about 10 people voted to put the tax into effect in the first place. In the 9 months, the tax raised about $900,000 dollars for improvements to Hwy 47. MODOT entered into an agreement with the Directors of the TDD to match the $900,000. MODOT will pony up its share around next summer to do some more improvements.
If you take the time to notice the TDD signs along 47 and Lincoln, you will noticed that people along 47 are generally in favor of the tax, while those along Lincoln tend to be against the tax. This most likely has to do with the fact that the businesses along Lincoln are small, single owner business, whereas those along 47 tend to be the bigger chain stores.
Business owners along Lincoln are opposing the tax propbably because they take the approach that we pay taxes already to MODOT to fix the roads, why should we be paying more taxes because MODOT can't get its act together to get the money to improve the roads?
I don't know if these specific improvements will help the city, but TDDs have proven effective. Wentzville Parkway was built using a TDD, which is the example commonly used by proponents of the tax. I doubt this will affect Troy like the Wentzville Parkway project affected Wentzville. The area that could be affected the most is actually Lincoln Drive. The area in queston along 47 is already saturated with businesses and doesn't really have much room to attract more unless the current tenants move. Lincoln Drive has plenty of room for new tenants. The area around the Super 8 is a prime location for new businesses and I believe improving the road would help attract businesses there.
Troy has to do something now about its infastructure or when the new overpass is completed in Moscow Mills, Troy will be left in the dust for new development and businesses.
The fact of the matter is that the winning side in this will likely receive less than 40 votes but it will affect every person in and around Lincoln County at one time or another. I really doubt that the city of Troy will do anything about the crappy roads in this town or much of anything else, so I urge anyone voting in the election to vote YES on this issue. Yes for the future of Troy, Missouri
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2 Comments:
I concur with the ideal that if Troy doesn't start widening 47 that things will continue to get worse in that area. My only concern is that by putting in a stoplight at the Lincoln/Cap-Au-Gris intersection it will increase traffic build-up on the Lincoln/Cherry intersection, which as it stands a 4-way stop, will not work. I'm uncertain that a stoplight in that intersection will do any harm or good. Nonetheless, nice to hear an update.
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Anonymous, 9:57 PM
Anonymous, 9:57 PM
I really don't see the need for a stoplight at that intersection either. I do believe however that plans call for a stoplight at the Cherry/Lincoln intersection already although those are seperate from the TDD plans
