St. Joseph Street Repair Cuts (4-14-20)

St. Joseph Street Repair Cuts (4-14-20)

Could become a victim of the coronavirus.

Good evening, i'm alan van zandt.

Because of the covid 19 crisis, revenues will be off for the city of st.

Joseph next year.

And this week, the city council is looking to shave $11 million of next year's budget.

Today the council reviewed public works -- which includes city streets.

Over the past several years, city councils have ramped up spending on local road repair.

But with the crisis, council members are proposing a 1-million dollar cut in spending on streets.

The director of public works says it's been hard cutting programs he knows the city needs but can't afford.

(andy clements, director of public works: public works is not the glitziest of department because its roads, sewers but they make it possible to live in st.

Joseph and they know that and try to do a good job ) clements says one of the programs on the chopping block is the slurry seal.

It's a seal put on roads to extend its life by 5 to 7 years.he says that program didn't rank high enough on the