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PBOT warns deepening budget cuts will shrink basic street maintenance and safety work
Summary
The Portland Bureau of Transportation told the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that years of revenue declines and rising overhead have produced a multi‑billion‑dollar maintenance backlog and that another $38 million in cuts would substantially reduce routine services and safety programs.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation told the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that continued revenue declines and rising internal costs have left the bureau unable to meet public expectations for basic maintenance and safety.
“Thinking about the very real consequences of that underinvestment is what keeps me up at night,” Director Millicent Williams said. “Assets failing, safety compromised, livability diminished, public trust destroyed.”
PBOT said the bureau manages roughly $21,000,000,000 in transportation assets and faces about a $6,000,000,000 asset maintenance backlog. The bureau said more than half of the city’s busiest streets are in “poor or worse” condition, local streets are in worse shape, and that pavement is the…
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