Sentences with phrase «road repairs increased»

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The entire Staten Island Council delegation, as well as Borough President James Oddo, have been adamant about the need to increase funding for road repairs.

He cited difficult state mandates, a tax cap that is close to zero percent, limited options for increasing revenue and decreasing expenditures, roads in need of repair and buildings in need of capital improvements.

Influential state lawmakers were signaling their support Tuesday for a bill that would let counties increase taxes to repair local roads.

In addition to full 30 - minute ferry service, the city will increase funding for road repairs by $ 242.1 million.

Increased cooperation between municipalities, such as Erie County and the City of Buffalo, to address infrastructure maintenance and road repair in a collaborative manner.

Prioritizing Infrastructure Repairs: The executive budget increases the city's road resurfacing investment by $ 49 million, to a total of $ 226 million FY 2015 to resurface 1,000 lane miles, while prioritizing investment in bridges by allocating an additional $ 346 million for maintenance.

Oddo and Matteo both thanked the mayor for the increased funding, but recently started a push to get de Blasio to commit to keep the funding for road repairs in future budgets.

Hogsett said due to the city's balanced budget and increase in revenue, it can afford to modernize its road repair fleet without a tax increase or cutting spending.

Republican lawmakers still have not reached an agreement on a bill that would allow counties to increase local sales and use taxes to pay road repairs and maintenance.

Expanding health care costs and the cost of repairing West Seneca's aging roads and infrastructure are prompting the town to propose increasing property taxes by 12 percent in its tentative budget.

Seward has joined local Highway Superintendents urging an increase in state funding for the repair of roads bridges and culverts.

Most notably, some are calling for an increase in gasoline taxes to fund additional road and bridge repairs.

Having an expert inspect, clean, repair or replace anything that needs it can lower emissions, increase fuel economy and improve the long - term health of your car, all of which can actually save you money down the road.

Increasing the gas tax by, say, just 20 cents per gallon, potentially generating billions in road - repairing funds, would raise the average cost of a tank of fuel by only about $ 3.