Pothole Politics
CSAC, Fix Our Roads Coalition Rally at the Capitol
CSAC and the Fix Our Roads Coalition held a rally and news conference on the steps of the State Capitol recently to announce a new “Roadmap to Consensus” on transportation reforms and funding and to urge the Legislature to act to move the issue forward. Together, the state highway and local street and road systems have a backlog of $137 billion in deferred maintenance over the next 10 years.
“How many of you had to dodge a pothole, or ride over a rickety bridge to get here today?” CSAC Executive Director Matt Cate asked the crowd of several hundred people. “It’s been a year since the Governor called a Special Session on transportation. It turns out it hasn’t been so special, because while a few legislators are calling for action, everyone else is sitting on their hands.” You can watch a video of the whole rally and press conference here.