State and Local Government / Budget and Spending

Show-Me Now! Chesterfield’s $500,000+ Wall

By Frank Catanzaro on Jun 16, 2017

Fancy bricks and big bucks: Chesterfield’s half-million dollar wall is getting a lot of attention and not for the right reasons. Transportation development districts are supposed to fund community improvements like roads and bridges…But are some of these districts wasting your tax dollars on “beautification” projects?

To learn more about transportation development districts (TDDs), visit showmeinstitute.org

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