This year’s budget formulation presented unique challenges compared with previous budgets, which were infused with hundreds of millions in federal pandemic relief funds.
Fueled in part by projected revenue from the 342 automated traffic cameras the city plans to install this summer , Bowser’s proposal suggests using hundreds of millions of dollars to redesign “dangerous roadways” and install permanent traffic-calming measureswith $5 million going toward a revamped program for traffic safety initiatives where crashes most frequently occur, and another $2 million to stand up a task force to assess the efficacy of the city’s automated traffic enforcement program —...
“We’ve had to make tough choices here. They impact vacant positions and they impact what we think are some programs and services that have been underperforming and redirects those programs and services,” Bowser said.Council member.
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