New Waterfront Tax proposed HB 629-FN

hemlock · 02-03-2025, 01:58 PM

So there has already been a study committee for this and they have recommended this bill. Clearly they have looked at the waterfront owners as ripe for the plucking. NH owns many dams that truly need maintenance and repair. There is human hazard to consider here. The Legislature needs to step up and appropriate general funds or bonds for specific projects as DES dam safety engineers recommend. They can spend 30 million on a parking garage in Concord as a priority??? DES Dam bureau has a handle on what needs to be done.
Infrastructure projects like these that protect human life are too important to not be prioritized at the legislative level. Justification for the fee is that lakefront owners benefit from the increased value of their recreational waterfront. I would think that downstream landowners benefit more from reducing the possibility of catastrophic flooding and death. This needs to be rethought.

02-03-2025, 01:58 PM	#5
hemlock Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 66 Thanks: 1 Thanked 43 Times in 20 Posts	Study Committee So there has already been a study committee for this and they have recommended this bill. Clearly they have looked at the waterfront owners as ripe for the plucking. NH owns many dams that truly need maintenance and repair. There is human hazard to consider here. The Legislature needs to step up and appropriate general funds or bonds for specific projects as DES dam safety engineers recommend. They can spend 30 million on a parking garage in Concord as a priority??? DES Dam bureau has a handle on what needs to be done. Infrastructure projects like these that protect human life are too important to not be prioritized at the legislative level. Justification for the fee is that lakefront owners benefit from the increased value of their recreational waterfront. I would think that downstream landowners benefit more from reducing the possibility of catastrophic flooding and death. This needs to be rethought.