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Cities and counties tell legislature deferred maintenance is ballooning costs and shrinking capacity
Summary
City and county officials told a legislative oversight committee that deferred maintenance and construction‑cost inflation are shrinking what local governments can afford; local officials urged protecting shared state highway funding and indexing revenues to hold pace with rising costs.
Local public‑works officials told the Joint Interim Committee on Transportation Oversight that deferred maintenance across city and county road systems is increasing long‑term costs and eroding service.
Rob Interfeld, Transportation Planning Manager for the City of Eugene, said Eugene received about $14 million in state highway fund dollars in FY 2024 and supplements that with a local street bond and local gas taxes; despite that, roughly 22% of Eugene streets are in poor or worse condition. "We have an…
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