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Originally Posted by exit2lef
Is that you, Sal? Seriously, what happened to this man is unfortunate and that stretch of Roosevelt needs repairs, but it's disappointing that ABC 15 has turned his story into propaganda for DiCiccio's anti-rail agenda.
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Fair enough but ABC15 has a very good and on-going section called
Operation Safe Roads. This tucks nicely into that theme.
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-ph...him-in-the-icu
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Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has been working to divert funding from future light rail extensions to road repairs that need to happen right now. "We need $1.6 billion today to make our roads safe again," he said.
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Yeah, that's unfortunate but the problem here is more a practical one. When Prop 104 passed it was a nice (political) vision but they failed to address the woefully underfunded road maintenance budget. That was a predictable recipe for ending up right where we are.
You can't neglect the nuts and bolts-roads that over 90% of people rely on daily. When Prop 104 passed, it should have included a ten-year plan to eliminate (most) deferred road maintenance. The current conflict was wholly predictable and it's a practical not philosophical problem.
I did recently discover that one Moon Valley neighborhood has fresh roads to drive on.
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Originally Posted by RonnieFoos
With that said, this particular stretch of Roosevelt is pretty bumpy. I found that out when I drove my car over it the other day and it rattled my car enough that I had to to slow down to 20 and divert down 5th to get off of Roosevelt.
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All I've learned is the SEC of 3rd St and Roosevelt is a hot spot for Uber riders. Two of three trips over an half-hour came from there. The second trip went to the airport and the trip from there took me to Chandler. From there I 'deadheaded' to the Hampton Inn at Talking Stick which is one of my designated 'old guy' pit stops. It's usually good for one trip out of either the casino or Top Golf.
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Originally Posted by azsunsurfer
Y'all gettin mad cuz Sal told you so. Maybe he could've seen the potholes from the window of the train!
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Exactly, nothing unusual 'bout a politician taking advantage of another's self-inflicted wounds. Badly under-funding road maintenance seldom ends well.