Shortly after taking office, I took part in a group that set to outline the deferred maintenance needs of our city. This group identified hundreds of millions in deferred maintenance that needed to be addressed, and outlined ways in which Metro could start to reduce the funding gap. Today we are in year eight in addressing the paving needs of the community. This has meant increasing the amount funding paving from under 
$3 million to presently $30 million annually. This commitment has led to dramatic improvements in the condition of our roads and has helped inspire similar efforts to fix our Parks, Bridges, Dams, Sidewalks, and Public buildings.

As your Metro Councilman, I have fought to bring a larger portion of funding to District 16 roads, and have pushed for better planning to help address congestion and traffic in the district. We have implemented traffic light synchronization to make our traffic move more efficiently, and we have developed long term plans to help alleviate congestion through enhancements to our local, state, and federal roads.

My plan for continuing to address Infrastructure

• Require government to support growth through the investment in roads and government serves at or prior to their construction of new developments, rather than afterwards.

• Continue to invest $30 million or more in paving until every road rated substandard can be repaired in a timely manner.

• Insist that any changes to TARC take into account that there are needs throughout our community, and not solely within the Watterson.

• Focus on connecting currently existing communities through the construction of new sidewalks, investments in parks, and bringing Metro services outside the Watterson.