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Councilmember Doucette urges return to original streets program, says District 4 behind on allocations
Summary
Councilmember Calvin Doucette presented a detailed critique of the city's $50 million streets program, urging clearer transparency on district allocations and contractor usage after finding apparent mismatches between approved budgets and what streets are being repaired.
Councilmember Calvin Doucette used a March 18 council presentation to press for a return to the city’s original, district-based streets program and for clearer accounting of how $50 million in streets and drainage bond proceeds are being spent.
Doucette said the program, adopted by an earlier council, was designed to allocate $10 million a year across council districts based on the linear feet of streets needing work. He said the adopted approach gave each single-member district the ability to select streets for remediation or reconstruction and that the council would approve both the selections and the funding so citizens could track the work.
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