What are the public benefits of a TDR program?
A TDR program can help to reduce the costs of growth to local residents. Growth that is spread out requires more road miles and more infrastructure per housing unit, and thus requires more tax dollars per resident to maintain infrastructure and pay for services. Growth that is concentrated into resorts, or built near existing roads and infrastructure will help to reduce local tax spending and required payments by property owners. TDR’s can also reduce the risk and public costs of wildfire, flooding, slope failure and ground water contamination by encouraging development to be transferred away from critical lands.
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