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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Funding from Oversize and Overweight Trucking Permits for Maintenance of City Streets
FOR the purpose of requesting that the Board of Estimates raise the fees for oversize and overweight truck permits in order to help fund current levels of street maintenance.
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The current difficulties in the worldwide economy have hurt many of Baltimore’s traditional revenue sources and may require severe cutbacks in many City services. One area that the preliminary budget has proposed cuts in is street maintenance. Unless additional money is found for the Department of Transportation, current response times for potholes and repaving levels will not be maintained.
The Council believes that maintaining the City’s current 48hour response time for pothole repairs and its ability to resurface 200 lane miles of City streets annually is important to preventing the deterioration of Baltimore’s infrastructure. In the past, the primary source of the City’s transportation funding has been transfers of State Highway User Revenues. However, as the State struggles with its own budget difficulties, these transfers have been significantly reduced. If current revenue collection is inadequate to maintain the existing service level, the City simply must find ways to boost revenues.
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