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New transportation division to expand community engagement; DPW reports paving and sidewalk funding increases
Summary
The city created a Department of Transportation to centralize mobility work and community engagement; DPW said it spends about $18–$21 million annually on paving and roughly $6.5 million on sidewalks and that CVTA and state maintenance funds (special fund) cover many right‑of‑way projects; DPU customer‑service roles were moved to contractual services as part of an implementation of a new customer system.
Council members asked how the newly formed Department of Transportation will address community engagement and quick‑build pedestrian safety projects.
Andy Bano, director of transportation, said the department has a community engagement division composed of planners, engineers and outreach staff whose work will include year‑round communications about projects. Bano described “lighter, quicker, cheaper” quick‑build projects as intentionally low‑cost, high‑impact interventions — for example, temporary bike corrals,…
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