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By MARY K. BLEWITT 1 Arundel Newspapers Richmond Bureau RICHMOND — A bill to permit localities ■to impose impact fees on new development is i ; headed for the House floor. After almost four hours of a public hearing and committee discussion late Tuesday, the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns reported the legislation, sponsored by J~ Del. C. Richard Cranwell, D-14th District, by a 13-7 margin. Del. Cranwell’s “impact fee” bill would ali • low any county, city or town that experiences a 10 percent population growth over a decade to „ assess and impose impact fees. The bill is directed at high-growth areas such as Northern L' Virginia. - I Aimed at offsetting road costs inflicted by development, the bill would restrict the use of - the collected fees to transportation costs. - According to the bill, assessing the roads for i improvement needs would include analyzing I. the existing capacity and current road uses, then projecting the needs for, and cost of, con. struction of road improvements. •Representatives of the Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Coun
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