PDOT's $1 Million Proposed Cut to Street Maintenance Rejected: $1 Million Added Instead
Sam Adams
As part of their Fiscal year 2005-2006 budget request, the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) proposed cutting $1 million from the fund that pays for street and road maintenance. The City of Portland has a 12,000 block backlog in street maintenance. Working with Commissioner Erik Sten, we proposed denial of PDOT's request. Instead, we cut another $1 million in management-related spending and added $1 million to the street maintenance backlog fund. According to PDOT, part of the $1 million was used to expand the repaving project on NE and SE 39th Avenue.
Related Documents
Community Partners
- Portland Office of Transportation
- Tri-Met
- American Automobile Association
- Oregon Department of Transportation
- Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 483
- Northeast Coalition of Neighborhood
Media Coverage
Weblogs
- The Cost of Congestion to the Economy of the Portland Region
- The History of Street Paving and Sidewalks in Portland
- BLOG: Don't Settle for Potholes
- New Ideas for Paying for Local Street Improvements
- Hello PDOT Employees
- Bridging the Gap- PDOT Budget Review Task Force Meets
Milestones
- June 23, 2005 - City Council approves proposed PDOT budget cut in Adopted Budget, City of Portland, Oregon, Fiscal year 2005-06
Posted by Sam Adams on December 19, 2005
(1) Comments | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Filed Under 2005 Year-in-Review, Transportation
Comments by site visitors
Post your comment
Please note: your email address, although required to post, will not be visible. We remove inappropriate or offensive content, and content deemed improper by State and City election and ethics law. The comments posted do not necessarily reflect the views of the office or the City of Portland.
I am curious as to what "management" activities were cut to transfer the funds to street maintenance. As a manager with the city, I like to think that my work has some value. So I would like to know what $1,000,000 of management activities were considered by the Commissioner to be of no value and therefore cut, and what happened to the employees who did the work.
Posted by: Linda | Jan 5, 2006 2:38:15 PM