#LA Infrastructure Cracks as Los Angeles Defers Repairs By: - TopicsExpress



          

#LA Infrastructure Cracks as Los Angeles Defers Repairs By: Adam Nagourney, New York Times With each day, it seems, another accident illustrates the cost of deferred maintenance on public works, while offering a frustrating reminder to this cash-strained municipality of the daunting task it faces in dealing with the estimated $8.1 billion it would take to do the necessary repairs. The city’s total annual budget is about $8.1 billion. Los Angeles’s problems reflect the challenges many American cities face after years of recession-era belt-tightening prompted them to delay basic maintenance. But the sheer size of Los Angeles, its reliance on the automobile and, perhaps most important, the stringent voter-imposed restrictions on the government’s ability to raise taxes have turned the region into a symbol of the nation’s infrastructure woes. Full story--> nytimes/2014/09/02/us/pipes-roads-and-walks-crack-as-los-angeles-defers-repairs.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone&_r=3&elq=86fd283354e449f281c456a47ea0f705&elqCampaignId=8618
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:20:00 +0000

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