Bend City Council approved a resolution that will place a five cent fuel tax on the March 2016 ballot at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Before agreeing on five cents, Councilor Campbell suggested a ten cent tax–which was seconded by Councilor Boddie. Councilor Knight and Councilor Russell said they would not support a ten cent tax. […]
Bend Streets Funding
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Last Gas Effort
Proposed fuel tax would help City repair roads
In the late 2000s, the City of Bend failed to find additional funding to fix its crumbling streets, City Councilor Sally Russell explains. And Bendites are feeling the effects of that failure today. “So here we are 2015, almost 2016, and we’re looking at somewhere around 60 to 80 million dollars. And that’s increasing around […]