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Berkeley auditor warns streets are 'at risk' and underfunded; council approves audit and asks for implementation plan
Summary
The city auditor presented a report finding a growing backlog in street paving and an out‑of‑date paving policy, estimating deferred maintenance in the hundreds of millions and recommending new annual funding and policy updates; council placed the audit on consent and asked staff to report back on implementation.
The Berkeley city auditor on Tuesday released a sweeping review of the city's street‑paving program and warned that without new recurring funding the pavement condition will continue to decline.
"We started this audit just about a year ago," the city auditor said as she presented the report titled Rocky Road: Berkeley Streets at Risk and Significantly Underfunded. The report estimated deferred maintenance at roughly $251 million in 2019 and found the city's pavement condition index (PCI) had…
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