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Tax Votes, Road Plans, and Grants | Lafayette Louisiana News
Lafayette’s airport keeps its tax rate steady at 1.71% but sees higher revenue thanks to rising property values—covering 30% of its budget until 2031. Meanwhile, parish voters head to the polls in December to decide on renewing key taxes, including a second shot at a library tax and funding for detention, courthouse, and jail operations—all for another decade. In the city, neighbors are fighting to block a road connection from a new subdivision off Johnston Street, fearing traffic overload on their dead-end street, while city council weighs a massive rezoning plan for a 1923 neighborhood to…
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