Work group details maintenance backlog and 20-year capacity needs
Presenters told the committee the three reviewed agencies face about $783.5 million per year in replacement/maintenance needs and an additional roughly $14.1 billion in unconstrained capacity or upgrade needs over 20 years, figures the group used to size funding options.
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The work group's asset review and agency submissions produced headline numbers the committee called stark: about $783,500,000 per year in replacement costs for the three agencies studied and an unconstrained 20-year capacity/upgrade figure of roughly $14.1 billion. Presenters emphasized those totals are planning estimates and that Department of General Services was not included in the three-agency maintenance tally, so the true countywide maintenance need may be larger.
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