S.F. voters may see bond for street repairs

By: Joshua Sabatini
Examiner Staff Writer
April 2, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — This November, voters may be asked to approve a $309 million bond recommended by the Department of Public Works to pay for street repaving and sidewalk repair.

During the next five years, The City projects that total of $238 million is needed to maintain the current condition of its streets and another $439 million would be required to address the backlog of streets in disrepair.

“There is a recognition and full acknowledgment that any investment now decreases the maintenance costs later,” said Adam Van de Water, assistant director of The City’s Capital Planning Program. “A dollar spent today is five dollars spent down the road.”

jsabatini@sfexaminer.com

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MikZ

Apr 2, 2009

“A dollar spent today is five dollars spent down the road.” Oh dear! That'll make those 'taxpayers associations' five times as likely to oppose it, because it makes five times as much sense. Hopefully, for once, a street-improvement bond measure will pass. The state of our streets is a disgrace.

MikZ

Apr 2, 2009

'A dollar spent today is five dollars spent down the road.' Oh dear! That'll make those 'taxpayers associations' five times as likely to oppose it, because it makes five times as much sense. Hopefully, for once, a street-improvement bond measure will pass. The state of our streets is a disgrace.

makan

Jun 10, 2009

Erm, everyone that has a motor vehicle pays car tax. Half of that car tax goes back to the county that it was collected in. That money is supposed to be used to maintain roads. Instead, the leftists in Silly Hall insist on spending it on anything but what motorists are entitled to, smooth roads. And now they want a bond paid for by property owners! How about instead allocating all that DMV money to the roads instead of to the Bored of Stupidvisors?

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