What is the transportation impact fee and why is it needed?

In essence, a Transportation Impact Fee program ensures that new development and redevelopment pays a proportional fair share contribution for the cost of new transportation infrastructure that is deemed necessary and reasonably related to accommodating the impact of new development within the City limits. Fees collected under this program will be used to fund the construction of transportation improvements in conjunction with other funds (e.g. grants, bonds, loans, etc.). Menlo Park last updated its Transportation Impact Fee program for new development and redevelopment in October 2009. The fees are adjusted each year based on an industry construction cost index, but the projects included in the plan have not been updated since 2009.

Concurrent with preparation of the Transportation Master Plan, the City is updating the current Transportation Impact Fee program. The update would provide a mechanism to modernize the City’s fee program to collect funds toward construction of improvements identified and prioritized in the Transportation Master Plan.


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1. What are the goals of the Transportation Master Plan?
2. What is the purpose of the Transportation Master Plan, and why is it needed?
3. What is the Oversight and Outreach Committee?
4. How much would it cost to construct the citywide improvement recommendations project list and how will the city get funding for them?
5. What is the transportation impact fee and why is it needed?
6. Will the community have a chance to provide feedback on the citywide improvement project list and/or suggest new projects to be included on the list?
7. What are the prioritization criteria used for project ranking, and will the community have a chance to provide feedback on how projects will be prioritized?
8. The project list has many transportation related acronyms, terminology and technical terms. How can the city make this easier to understand?