Hamilton County, OH November 2, 1999 Election
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5-YEAR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES (Streets/Sidewalks)

By Judy Kercheval

Candidate for Mayor; City of Harrison

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We can make sure that our infrastructure is maintained better by having a 5- year plan for such. It will be easier to budget for this as well as maintaining the system.
It is imperative that we have 5-year plans for the upgrading of our streets. I believe that without planning ahead we are going to be left to spin our wheels or do the band-aid effect. By careful planning, we can reduce the number of times that we have to use the band-aid effect. We will know what street will need to be upgraded, when the time is to apply for the funding and how to plan for the project in our budget for future years, instead of going around and seeing which streets are in the worst shape and then trying to get the funding to help repair them. We need to mandate through legislation that the utility companies must give us a 5 year plan for what they are hoping to do in our community. This will help us make better decisions concerning our street improvements and upgrades. We can have the utility companies make all necessary repairs and upgrades to their lines before we do any street projects. What I am saying is that we can coordinate the projects which will make it easier for them as well as us. Nothing is worse than making all the necessary upgrades on our streets and having the utility companies then decide that some type of repair work needs to be done and they have to cut into the new roadway. There are other communities in the state who have adopted the 5-year plan for the utility companies and it seems to work quite well.

This type of a 5-year plan for the upgrading of streets should take care of making sure that all streets and alleys within our city are kept in good condition.

We also need to implement some type of plan for sidewalk repair and installation of sidewalks where we currently do not have them. More and more people are walking to where they need to go especially where there are motels. It is not safe for them to be walking on the shoulder of the road. Many of our sidewalks are in deplorable condition and need to be fixed and properly maintained. It will take a long time to get everything accomplished that needs to be done concerning sidewalks, but it can happen with a good, fair plan. We could even research to see if there might be some type of funding available to help residents with this project. We already know that if the cost is too high for a one time payment that it can be put on the property tax bill to be paid over several years. Let's see if there might be some type of monetary help for this. It never hurts to look and see.

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