I read with interest Sandra Gill’s letter to the editor regarding road-repair funding for the SE 256th Street project.
Ms. Gill wrote an excellent and honest editorial on the city of Kent’s out-of-date and unfair methods of funding road improvements.
SE 256th has been in need of improvements for 25 years. And now that the cost of construction and materials is at its highest ever, the city wants 224 property owners to pay over $2,000,000.
Councilwoman Elizabeth Albertson inferred in the Kent Reporter of April 19 that an out-of-state apartment owner was responsible for the defeat of the LID on SE 256th. Nothing could be further from the truth.
There was an overwhelming protest against it by the private property owners as well as the businesses and apartment owners – we were all united in our protest against the city of Kent’s unfair assessment proposal.
I want to thank you, Sandra Gill, for writing such a refreshing, honest and pertinent editorial.
We’ll be watching closely as the City Council discusses alternative sources of funding for this road. We’ve been told in the Kent Reporter that this topic will be discussed on May 6 at the Public Works Committee meeting.
– Mary Cross
Talk to us
Please share your story tips by emailing editor@kentreporter.com.
To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website https://www.kentreporter.com/submit-letter/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.
