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Counties and cities tell committee new revenue would plug maintenance gaps, replace bridges and fund safety projects
Summary
Representatives of counties and cities told the committee that House Bill 2025’s new revenue would be used primarily for operations, maintenance, preservation and safety: paving, culvert and bridge replacement, guardrails and pedestrian crossings. Clackamas and Tillamook counties provided examples of likely spending priorities.
County and city representatives told the Joint Committee on Transportation Reinvestment on June 16 that new revenues proposed in House Bill 2025 would be used to restore basic maintenance and safety work that local governments have deferred for years.
Mallory Roberts, representing the Association of Oregon Counties and county engineers, said counties have reduced crews and postponed critical maintenance "facing challenges from inflation, from declining fuel consumption, dramatic reductions in federal funding, and limited local revenue raising options." Roberts told the committee the bill "would allow counties to reinvest in…
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