The City of Sacramento and Republic FC said Monday that there are still plans to move forward with the Railyards development after a protest to halt the expansion of a special taxing district was successful.
In June, a group of residents in the Railyards submitted opposition letters over the city’s financing agreement for the project. The city council approved a special taxing district that will allocate approximately $92 million toward building public infrastructure like roadways, pedestrian bike lanes, and traffic lights in the area around the new soccer stadium.
The developers of the project would have paid for the infrastructure costs up front and would then be reimbursed through funds generated by the special tax district…