WHY FLORIDA'S CONCURRENCY PRINCIPLES (FOR CONTROLLING NEW DEVELOPMENT BY REGULATING ROAD CONSTRUCTION) DO NOT--AND CANNOT--WORK EFFECTIVELY

In considering new residential or commercial developments for approval, Florida applies the principle of road concurrency, in which no proposed new development is approved unless local roads adequate to serve it at a certain desired level of service either already exist or will be built concurrent with the proposed development. This paper suggests that road concurrency is not a workable policy since building more roads or expanding existing ones cannot prevent many major roads from becoming congested at peak commuting hours. Limiting overall new development in a state is also viewed as basically unconstitutional, since the concurrency principle is a growth-limiting regulation and no state has the right to restrict the inflow of newcomers from other states. The concurrency principle also has several unintentional but undesirable consequences, including sprawl, increased new housing costs, and inadequate maintenance of existing roads.

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  • English

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  • Pagination: p. 13-18
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  • Accession Number: 00936741
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM