Panel for "Street Needs"

[Trams]

We have a new Panel.  A panel designed to address "street needs."  Where is this going?

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Mayor, councilor announce panel to review street needs

By World Staff
9/13/2007  3:15 PM

Mayor Kathy Taylor and Councilor Bill Martinson on Thursday announced the formation of a panel that will look at how the city can best plan, fund and contract needed street repairs.

Dewey Bartlett Jr. and Sharon King Davis will lead the panel, which is expected to deliver a report by Dec. 1.

Taylor stopped short of saying that it is the first step toward putting together a streets tax package to send to voters.

"I think that's putting the cart before the horse," she said. "We have to look at all funding options that are available to us."

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[cannon_fodder]

lol, another tax proposal... this should go over well.

Street Needs:
1) Smooth
2) Convenient Traffic Flow
3) Preferably goes somewhere useful.

And there we have it!  No need to fund another panel.

[Conan71]

Call me obtuse, but I always figured that street maintenance was a part of the annual budget of our city and there were supposed to be existing revenue streams to cover the costs.

[CitizenJulie]

You're obtuse.

[sgrizzle]

I thought Conan was acute..

(note to self, no more math jokes)

[Sangria]

Maybe they will figure out a reason why the entire county should pay to fix the city streets.

[izmophonik]

quote:Originally posted by Sangria

Maybe they will figure out a reason why the entire county should pay to fix the city streets.

because a vast amount of people that live in the county work in Tulsa.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by Sangria

Maybe they will figure out a reason why the entire county should pay to fix the city streets.

Because a large portion of the taxes the county collects are from city residents?

[Ed W]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder


Street Needs:
1) Smooth
2) Convenient Traffic Flow
3) Preferably goes somewhere useful.

That's a starting point, though overly simplified.  This panel should address the needs of cyclists, pedestrians, and wheelchair users as well as motorists because the streets belong to all of us, not just motorized users.

[sauerkraut]

I thoght this topic was about "street people", and the needs of "street people" not about roads & streets.[:O]

[cannon_fodder]

I'd like my street people to be smooth, not hinder traffic flow, and to go somewhere useful too.

[Breadburner]

That panel is a joke.....We need a street commisioner....And not some joker appointed by the Mayor....

[tulsa1603]

I think the panel needs to figure out a way to get more money out of the state for some of the highways around town....The IDL is in horrendous condition.  Huge potholes all over the place, bridges with concrete crumbling to expose rebar (the stuff weakens when it's exposed and rusts).  This extends on down the BA to the 15th street and 21st Street bridges.  Absolutley scary looking.

[Townsend]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

I think the panel needs to figure out a way to get more money out of the state for some of the highways around town....The IDL is in horrendous condition.  Huge potholes all over the place, bridges with concrete crumbling to expose rebar (the stuff weakens when it's exposed and rusts).  This extends on down the BA to the 15th street and 21st Street bridges.  Absolutley scary looking.

Excellent idea.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

I think the panel needs to figure out a way to get more money out of the state for some of the highways around town....The IDL is in horrendous condition.  Huge potholes all over the place, bridges with concrete crumbling to expose rebar (the stuff weakens when it's exposed and rusts).  This extends on down the BA to the 15th street and 21st Street bridges.  Absolutley scary looking.