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Landrieu considers stormwater fees to pay for New Orleans drainage system upgrades

Source: nola.com - Aug 30, 2017

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is in the early stages of a plan to put a stormwater management fee proposal before the New Orleans City Council to help pay for improvements to the city's troubled drainage system. Similar fees are in place in 39 states and are allowed under Louisiana state law, but New Orleans would be the first jurisdiction in the state to put them in place.

It is not yet clear what form the fees would take.

Property owners currently pay to maintain the city's extensive drainage system with 4.46-mill tax that voters renewed in 2016. But not every property owner in the city pays the tax; nonprofits, religious organizations and educational institutions are exempt.

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