Property owners in Alexandria may notice that the Stormwater Utility Fee is likely going up again in the 2024 budget.
The City Manager’s proposed budget increases the utility rate from $308.7 to $324.10. Mayor Justin Wilson said in a newsletter that the new annual fee structure is broken down for local residential property owners as:
- $90.75 for condos
- $136.12 for townhomes
- $324.10 for small single-family homes
- $541.25 for large single-family homes
Wilson said the stormwater utility fee is paid by all property owners in the city, including non-taxable properties, with fees calculated by the square footage of buildings, parking lots and more.
The Stormwater Utility Fee has gradually increased over the years as the city works through infrastructure projects to combat frequent flooding.
“The increases of the fee over the past four years have allowed the City to quadruple the planned investment in stormwater mitigation since 2020 and support an accelerated 10-year program of infrastructure investment,” Wilson wrote.
Wilson said the increase in funding will allow the City to tackle eleven top-priority storm sewer capacity projects over the next ten years:
- Commonwealth & Glebe: $34 million
- Ashby & Glebe: $16 million
- Hooffs Run Culvert Bypass: $60 million
- Edison & Dale: $13 million
- Dewitt Avenue: $15 million
- East Mason Avenue: $1 million
- Notabene & Old Dominion: $4 million
- Mount Vernon, E. Glendale, E. Luray & E. Alexandria: $10 million
- E. Monroe & Wayne: $3 million
- Russell & W. Rosemont: $6 million
- Russell & W. Rosemont (south): $8 million
