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Council accepts multiple new streets and infrastructure for city maintenance; residents ask about long‑term costs
Summary
The council voted 7–0 to accept streets and utilities in multiple newly developed subdivisions for city maintenance, drawing public comment about fairness and the cost of taking over suburban street segments while denser urban alleyways remain privately maintained.
Durham — The City Council voted unanimously to accept several newly constructed streets, utilities and courtyards into city maintenance, including portions of Southpointe phases 1A/1B/2, Creekside at Bethpage phases, Fifths Crossing and other subdivisions.
The item, pulled from the consent agenda for public comment, drew a resident from a downtown townhouse community who said her homeowners association already pays to maintain a narrow alley used by neighbors and called out the disparity between that private maintenance and the city’s acceptance of wide suburban streets that serve only a handful of homes.
"My townhouse…
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