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PUBLISHED 7/3/08 ----- Kern County builders may be unhappy about the prospect of paying an estimated $5,400-per-home increase in development fees. They correctly point out that those fees will, to a great extent, be passed on to homebuyers. But who, if not homebuilders and their customers, should be bearing the cost of roads, traffic signals and other infrastructure improvements necessitated by growth? Bakersfield and Kern County have for too long allowed development to outpace local and state government’s ability to properly prepare for it. Development fees, intended to help pay for the streets and sewers essential for growth, have historically been low in this county. There’s a new urgency behind the proposed increase. Local government needs the money to pay for highway projects — or run the risk of seeing $630 million in federal transportation funding evaporate. Developers warn that the fragile local economy will be further weakened by the increase...
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