Infrastructure Investment analysis

Many cities are improving their infrastructure, specifically sewer and road systems, in planning for future growth.

Rarely, however, is coordination occurring between policy, planning, and zoning to confirm that the investment being made in infrastructure improvements aligns with the future capacity needed to support the cost.

Our team analyzes your policies and infrastructure costs to determine if they are in alignment with your city’s monetization structure and actual revenue sources. We can provide zoning reforms designed to encourage incremental infill development in small to medium-sized communities with the Incremental Code Consultants. We help ensure a clear accounting by cities and enable you to be confident that the public investment in infrastructure will best meet your city’s needs and have a good return.

Some examples of what our team thinks through with cities that are planning infrastructure improvements:

Let’s say your city is adding sewer capacity: Does your zoning code allow enough units to be built within the drainage basin of that new facility? Are you matching sewer capacity to units that can legally be built? Will the impact fees of the new units in that drainage basin be enough to fully pay for the new facility?

We can help you analyze whether your city’s policies and the densities allowed by zoning support the investment. We make recommendations for municipalities, confirming that the cost their citizens are paying up front to create capacity in new systems is able to be fully utilized and paid for by reasonable development within the life cycle of that infrastructure.

Or, let’s say you’re building lots of new roads: Is the cost per linear foot of the standard street sections in your city able to be justified by the kinds of development that goes along those streets? Will the long-term tax revenue that will be garnered from units along those rights-of-way be enough to pay for maintenance of that right-of-way?

The more space that is taken up by utility easements and rights-of-way, the less productive taxable land you have in your city. Easements and rights-of-way add liabilities for a city, and remove potential income. We can make recommendations that will lower your city’s costs, both upfront and long-term.

Is your city infrastructure solvent?

Let us help you make certain your new streets and utility systems won’t lose your city money by getting your new development in the right places and in the right formats.

Connect with us to learn more about our infrastructure analysis services for municipalities across the nation.