Gotta hand it to Mike, he figured out something in 3 days that Munson couldn’t figure out in 8 years; Infrastructure upgrades should be the city’s top priority. Well, I never said he was a dummy (Mike that is) And Mike is keeping at least one campaign promise. Fix the damn streets already;
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Back in February, mayoral candidate Mike Huether stood in front of the Chamber of Commerce building and said the city needs to do a better job of filling potholes.
Today, Mayor Mike Huether outlined details of a plan to reallocate $2 million to fix the problem.
It is estimated that the city is over $100 million behind on street repairs. So while $2 million will be a shot in the arm, it certainly won’t fix the problem. But I will give him credit for getting a jump on it. The 2011 budget will have to have a SIGNIFICANT amount of money going to road repairs. So sorry Zebras and Giraffes you will just have to wait another year for your new crappers.
Good!
But it really makes one wonder; what was the hold up with the Munson administration? Did street department folks really just have to be told to just do their job?!
Oh, how I could go on and on about that, but I won’t. It is pretty simple, the 2nd penny wasn’t being spent on road maintenance. And if you think a couple of rain falls and a freezing in January turned our roads into shit you are smoking something. Our roads have been in bad shape for a long time.