Playing Catch-Up Is An Expensive State Proposition
Editor notes Okaloosa County official Bill Zell attends a South Florida planning conference and shares excerpts on Florida infrastructure needs. A congressional panel proposed $7,000 per state for studying future requirements, but Florida still plans to muddle through. Florida’s growth masks potential chaos without $12 billion extra by 2000.
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Okaloosa County
Bill Zell
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Florida
Florida infrastructure gap looms large in new study
Florida faces a $10.5 to $12.5 billion shortfall to meet needs by 2000, with total 17 to 18 year road water and wastewater expenditures pegged at about $30.8 billion plus $5 billion to catch up. Sipe and Starnes warn roads will be the biggest hurdle, noting tax increases face resistance and praising thePublic Facilities Financing Commission as a potential solution.
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Florida
Neil Sipe
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
University of Florida
Sipe
Earl Starnes
Public Facilities Financing Commission
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