Long-sought state funding for Kane County s Longmeadow Parkway will help push the 5.6-mile corridor to completion. But it won t eliminate the toll yet.
Long-sought state funding for Kane County s Longmeadow Parkway will help push the 5.6-mile corridor to completion. But it won t eliminate the toll yet.
Kane County is set to maintain a 50% reduction in developer impact fees. Some base rates will rise (such as those on fast food drive-throughs) and some will fall (such as industrial manufacturing), but the 50% discount will apply across the board.
Neither a gas tax increase nor a property tax hike could muster enough support to be included in the final version of Kane County budget. The board voted to balance its budget with $16 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds and delay solving the deficit that will still exist once all the federal money is gone until after next year s election.
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