Survey: Traffic, growth top concerns of residents

A newly released poll suggests voters are angry at Collier government and want better results when it comes to managing traffic and growth.

According to the poll, which was conducted by Paul Fallon of Fallon Research, 68 percent of the people in Collier disapprove of the job being done by the county commission in managing growth and development.

About 71 percent of the people polled also said traffic congestion is a very big problem within the county.

Collier Building Industry Association officials commissioned the poll. CBIA has commissioned this poll every other year since 1998.

Fallon said 409 registered voters within Collier County were surveyed by phone. The poll was conducted from March 23-26 and has a 4.8 percent margin of error.

It also has 71 percent of voters saying they support the county's policy of assessing impact fees on new develop. But 52 percent of the voters say the county's impact fees are too high with 72 percent saying they would favor limiting the amount the county can collect in impact fees.

This poll also shows voters are beginning to worry about affordable housing, an issue that was not mentioned by people in previous polls.

Fallon said he expects this issue to be brought up even more the next time a poll is done in 2008.