Safety First
The Mayor’s road design task force has released its report. The skinny: there’s plenty of money to be saved in our road construction budget. We just need to cut back on some of the “nice-to-haves” and focus more on the “need-to-haves”. No surprise there. I have long been critical of the City’s excesses in new road construction.
I would tell you more about the report, but despite assurances in the City’s press release that the report is online, I haven’t found it yet. It isn’t on the committees and task forces page, nor is it on the task force reports and initiatives page. Oh there it is. Dang, they sure didn’t make it easy to find. You can find the report here.
Among the report’s findings:
- Use several different road types over the next 20 years to help stretch road funds;
- Lincoln can’t afford to build roads today to meet needs that won’t exist for decades;
- Changes in road type don’t diminish safety, just convenience;
- Money can be saved over the long term through road offsetting, use of asphalt, and asphalt reuse/recycling.
I encourage you to take a look at the report (PDF) yourself. It’s a refreshing read. Or maybe I just think that because it confirms many of my existing opinions. Gotta love confirmation bias.
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