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Council presses administration for line-item breakdown of Vision Zero and Complete Streets spending
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Council members asked the administration for detailed project-level accounting of Vision Zero, Complete Streets and Safe Streets for All funds, questioning whether the dollars available for new traffic-calming work are sufficient and asking for a dedicated work session on camera revenues and allocations.
Council members on the Richmond City Council pressed city administration Wednesday for a clearer, project-level accounting of funds tied to Vision Zero and other street-safety programs, saying residents need to know how money will translate into engineering, enforcement and education on neighborhood streets.
Councilwoman Lynch said the funds that remain available for new traffic-calming projects may be smaller than the headline numbers suggest. "All we have is $9,000,000, and that's gotta do alley paving, public right-of-way maintenance, traffic calming measures, and repaving. That's just not enough money," Lynch said, urging a work…
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