Kansas City GO Bond

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I don't see much on the list for Midtown.
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Can someone explain to me the flood control bonds? My understanding is that it was needed to retain federal matching funds, correct?

But $150 million, and they're only using $1 million in the first year?
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WoodDraw wrote:Can someone explain to me the flood control bonds? My understanding is that it was needed to retain federal matching funds, correct?

But $150 million, and they're only using $1 million in the first year?
Gotta get in line for the funding still.
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70% of roads are poor or worse condition in 2018
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/1102965072115183619

4x the winter pothole cases as last year
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/1102966312085741568

Lots of bridge work funded by the go bond (some examples)
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/1102968145269141504
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/1102967869955076096

Funding not shown, but related. The LED streetlight rollout starts this year in 1st and 4th district. Has a 6 year breakeven.
https://twitter.com/KCMO/status/1102968539747635201
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EPA approved a modified consent decree. The city will get 5 extra years to complete the sewer projects (2040). It also sounds like the city will spend $1.4 billion going forward. My rough calculations show a cost savings of ~$500 million.


EPA new clean water act
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-an ... ity-kansas

KC Sewer - 10 years of progress
https://www.kcsmartsewer.us/about/10-years-of-progress
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So environmentalists are cool with this delay?
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DaveKCMO wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:44 pm So environmentalists are cool with this delay?
A new consent decree was one of the city's top priorities this year (and I assume in past years).
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Understood, but that doesn't answer my question.
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