ManusJustus said:
One of the many false comments you've made. A vast majority of sidewalks are owned by cities. Most cities have laws that require home owners to mow the parkstrip in front of their house that is in the city right of way and shovel snow on sidewalks in front of their house. I'll assume you just got confused here. Sidewalks are worth hundreds of millions in every major city. Drive around your city and count how much concrete would have to go into them, then do the math. Developers build roads then the city takes them over to mantain them. its a better deal for both developers and local governments (who own roads and sidewalks). Developers build neighborhoods and sell them for a profit, they don't have to pay millions of dollars to maintain roads to the property they improved, and the city doesn't have to pay millions of dollars upfront to build a new road whenever a developer thinks he can turn a profit there. Ask any developer if they would prefer to own the roads in the neighborhood they just sold and they'd laugh in your face. |
Again? Proof.
Because just about every city i've looked at... it's the property owners job to take care of the sidewalks.
Including NYC
Under Section 19-152 of New York's Administrative Code, property owners are responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining sidewalks adjoining their properties. DOT staff inspect sidewalks and notify the property owner of needed repairs. In the event timely repairs are not made by the property owner, the City may hire private construction firms to make the repairs. When this happens, the City bills the property owner for the costs of the repairs. Property owners must also keep their sidewalks clean and are responsible for snow removal.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/sidewalks/sidewalkintro.shtml
Aside from which.... "Paved roads would never be built by private companies" was your contention. One that is demonstrably false... in that... private companies are practically the only people who DO build roads.
As for the rest of your paragraph. Didn't realize you were ofr Corporate Welfare.
Though if you want developers to give up their street rights to someone... I'd suggest looking into the afore mentioned "Street assosiations".
