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Cities urge state to protect local transportation funding, spotlight small-city needs
Summary
Association of Washington Cities told the Senate Transportation Committee that cities carry the majority of day‑to‑day street responsibilities and face long‑running revenue constraints, urging state partners to prioritize preservation and maintenance funding and to consider revenue changes as gas tax revenue erodes.
Carl Schroeder, government relations deputy director at the Association of Washington Cities, told the Senate Transportation Committee on Jan. 23 that cities maintain a large share of the state’s streets and face chronic funding limits.
"We view it as a holistic and connected system," Schroeder said, adding that cities manage not only pavement but the utilities, lighting and sidewalks that must be planned and paid for alongside streets.
Schroeder said Washington’s 281 cities house roughly 65% of the state’s population and together maintain about 25,000 lane miles of local streets — roughly 26% of statewide lane miles. He emphasized the uneven fiscal capacity across cities: more than half of…
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