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Finance committee urges use of Transportation Benefit District funds for street maintenance and project planning

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Committee members urged more consistent use of Transportation Benefit District (TBD) revenues for routine street maintenance and safety projects, recommended better project tracking and cited the six-year transportation improvement plan and MRSC guidance as resources.

Members of the Ocean Shores Finance Committee on July 30 urged staff and council to make fuller use of Transportation Benefit District (TBD) revenues to fund routine maintenance, traffic safety and smaller capital projects rather than defaulting to general fund dollars.

Committee members said Ocean Shores receives approximately $500,000 per year in TBD revenue and that failing to use those revenues for eligible street maintenance causes the general fund to absorb costs. The committee…

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