Its on the basis that your vehicle taxes are
paid for road maintenance so the fault goes to the city for not maintaining a road that you paid them to repair.
Small amounts of land could be withdrawn from the land bank and
used for road maintenance and repairs, or to add cable lines for internet access.
He called for a focus on fixing existing roads, rather than building new ones, and urged councils to adopt long term
plans for road maintenance.
By Joe Lanane The resurrection of the state's Transportation Projects Commission is reviving the debate between those who want
money for road maintenance and the backers of new construction.
Lecturer, Law Society of Upper Canada — Special Lectures 1998, «Government
Liability for Road Maintenance: The Duty to Sand and Salt: «A Highly Special Dangerous Lawsuit»», (Osgoode Hall, Toronto) June 11 - 12, 1998
So in the end, if you want fewer cars on the road slowing you down, lower
taxes for road maintenance, and reduced health care costs, what you want to do is build more bike lanes, promote cycling, subsidize bike share programmes and stop complaining about cyclists getting a free ride.
The Local Government Association's transport spokesman Martin Tett commented: «Any additional funding to
councils for roads maintenance enables them to make a difference not just for motorists, but for businesses and infrastructure in their local area.»
House Bill 354 will take up to 100 million dollars per
year for road maintenance from the state's General Fund, but only on years that see the General Fund grow more than 2 %.
Right now, vehicle transportation infrastructure gets its user - fee financing from a few major sources: Gas taxes Road tolls Residential parking permits Vehicle registrations The public belief is that gas taxes
pay for road maintenance and road building of everyday roads — despite the fact that gas taxes haven't been raised in the US since 1991.
Contributing Author, «Government
Liability for Road Maintenance: The Duty to Sand and Salt: «A Highly Special Dangerous Lawsuit» ``, Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 1998, Carswell, Toronto: June 1998
The new taxes are planned to pay
for road maintenance and improvement as well as general use.
# 333 million
for road maintenance and # 270 million more for our highly successful programme of targeted «pinchpoint» schemes that remove bottlenecks and reduce congestion.
This could be the manufacturer or entity responsible
for road maintenance, for example.
While bad weather is natural, county officials are responsible
for road maintenance, including fixing potholes and loose gravel.