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Discussion on DOT resurfacing budget and lane mile goals
1:14:55
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Council Member Carr and DOT officials discuss the resurfacing budget for the coming fiscal year, focusing on the goal of reaching 1,300 lane miles of resurfacing. They address the need to catch up from previous years when the budget was below par.
- Commissioner Rodriguez expresses willingness to work towards the 1,300 lane mile goal
- Carr emphasizes confidence in borough operations teams to achieve the goal if given resources
- Discussion highlights the importance of increasing the resurfacing budget to improve road conditions
David M. Carr
1:14:55
I wanna hone in on something that chair Brannan was talking about earlier, which is the resurfacing budget for this coming fiscal year.
1:15:02
A big advocate of trying to get us to 1,300 lane miles.
1:15:05
And as you know, in the prior administration, that's where we were supposed to be, but for COVID and the cuts that had to happen at that time due to the economic downturn.
1:15:15
So given that we're still trying to play catch up from those Bloomberg years where the resurfacing budget was really well below par and that we were committed to doing 1,300 lane miles in the not too distant past.
1:15:28
Can't we try to get up to that goal point so we can really start to finish making up the ground that we lost quite literally in those two thousand nine to twenty thirteen years?
1:15:57
That's great.
1:15:58
I hope we can do that.
1:15:59
And and I just know we have great confidence in our borough operations teams, particularly Staten Island and Brooklyn, who I know if we get them the resources, we can get the job done.
Ydanis Rodriguez
1:15:37
Yes.
1:15:38
We can.
1:15:39
And I appreciate the council, you know, commitment to also put the money.
1:15:45
And and we definitely will need to have our, you know, internal conversation.
1:15:49
But I think, you know, that was a good a great goal that we had at 13000.
1:15:54
And definitely more than happy to continue conversation with the council.