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Mill Creek considers transportation utility fee to shore up road funding
Summary
Mill Creek staff outlined a proposal to consider a transportation utility fee (TUF) to offset declining fuel-tax revenue and rising maintenance costs for the city's roughly 28,000,000 square feet of roadway; no final decision or vote was recorded in the provided transcript.
Mill Creek is considering a transportation utility fee, or TUF, to address a growing shortfall in road maintenance funding, an unidentified presenter said during a monologue about the city's pavement needs. The speaker said the city maintains about 28,000,000 square feet of roads and estimated unit costs at "about $15" per square foot with an additional "about a dollar every 5 to 10 years for maintenance." No formal decision or vote was recorded in the provided transcript.
The presenter framed the proposal around two financing pressures:…
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