(12-03-2020, 12:56 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: If they want to save money on road maintenance, they should do it at construction time: build it at 2 lanes instead of 4, or just don’t build it. Be honest about how much stuff costs. What if we had a policy that we don’t build any new roads or road widenings when there is more than a 5 year backlog on infrastructure renewal?
Edit: I just realized what this would turn into: road widenings would be essential, but no bicycle infrastructure construction would happen while we were backlogged, which would be all of the time.
It needs to be smart. IRA Needles Blvd is a good example. It was built as two lanes, then shortly after that, rebuilt as 4 lanes. It would have been cheaper to do 4 lanes in the first place.
Stirling, form Mill to Charles, was 4 lanes, and it should have been 2. Then we spend money reducing it to 2.
Other things, there needs to be better communication between departments. How many times have we seen a road dug up to replace something (none emergency) only to see the road ripped up again as it was part of a program. Could the none emergency work not have been put on hold for 2 months? Same when they rebuild a road, only to rip it up to replace something that was due for replacement.
Literally millions being tossed away by mismanagement. While they have gotten better over the past few years, it still happens.