The Democrat says the projects outlined in a combined $396 million road and park bonds program will go far to address the county’s infrastructure needs.
“The projects are needed to move us forward,” Sheikh told Potomac Local.
He took no issue with how the Board of County Supervisors selecting bond projects.
- That was done at a June 25 Board of County Supervisors meeting, following a public hearing at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
- Other candidates have criticized the Board of County Supervisors for how the projects were selected, with the Supervisors having the ultimate say in what will be funded f voters approve the new bonds.
“The process included the public and I believe it was fair,” he added.
Why it matters: If voters approve the bonds on Election Day November 5, it would represent the largest investment in county infrastructure in at least 10 years.
- About $1 billion in new taxes will be needed to pay back the bond debt, Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman At-large Corey Stewart told me.
Sheikh told me he would have used some of the bond money to pay for new classroom additions at schools, removing some of the county’s 200 classroom trailers.
- If voters approve the bonds, only pre-approved projects on the list made by the Supervisors may be funded with the bond money.
- A plan to reduce or remove those classroom trailers is all but dead, I reported.
“I would want to borrow only what is needed so it is not an extensive burden on taxpayers,” he adds.
