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Councilors question surplus in traffic-calming fund as neighborhood safety requests pile up
Summary
A Providence traffic-safety fund grown by camera revenue and prior allocations showed a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar available balance, prompting council members to press DPW for a clear spending plan for Vision Zero and traffic-calming projects.
Councilors pressed DPW staff over an available fund balance in the city—s traffic-calming account that has grown despite repeated neighborhood requests for speed cushions, striping and other traffic-calming measures.
DPW presented fund balances dating to the program—s start and noted that the fund carries an available balance that is reserved for traffic-safety uses specified in the enabling ordinance. Staff said prior practice had used reserves for purchases such as marked patrol vehicles, but that approach has been curtailed…
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