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RESEARCH <br /> PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ROADS SYSTEM <br /> Now,we have a question about roads and bridges in Kittitas County. <br /> 3. Kittitas County Public Works oversees the engineering,construction, maintenance, and <br /> administration of the County Road System.This consists mainly of County roads and bridges <br /> such as Bullfrog Road and Dickey Creek in Upper County and Vantage Highway and Liberty <br /> Road Bridge in Lower County.This does not include state highways or city streets. <br /> How good of a job do you think Kittitas County is doing when it comes to County roads and <br /> bridges? <br /> Response00 <br /> Total Good 69% <br /> Very good 16% <br /> Good 53% <br /> Total Poor 18% <br /> Poor 13% <br /> Very poor 5% <br /> Don't know 13% <br /> LEVYTESTING <br /> Residents in Kittitas County may be asked to vote on a funding measure in November 2024. Please <br /> [ONLINE/SMS: read/PHONE: listen to]the information as carefully as possible to determine if you <br /> might support or oppose the measure. <br /> The County maintains 500 miles of roads and more than 250 bridges and other facilities. Each year,the <br /> County resurfaces about 70 miles of roads.This means that over seven years, all County roads are <br /> resurfaced.The County is also responsible for plowing roads in winter months. <br /> Funding to maintain and plow County roads primarily comes from local property taxes. Due to inflation <br /> and rising costs of materials,the County will no longer be able to maintain all of the roads and bridges <br /> using its existing property tax rates.The County is considering asking voters to increase property tax <br /> rates to continue its current level of road maintenance. Without additional funding,the County will only <br /> be able to continue to maintain and resurface about half of County roads. <br /> For each of the following County road maintenance functions,please indicate if they are very <br /> important,somewhat important, not too important, or not at all important to you. <br /> Response category Total Very Somewhat Total Not Not too Not at all D. <br /> 00 Important important important <br /> 4. Road maintenance 83% 44% 14/a° 10% 4% 3% <br /> and resurfacing 39% <br /> 5. Bridge safety 8787%1 58% 30% 11% 7% 4% 2% <br /> 25 1 DHM Research I Consor Kittitas County Public Works Survey I May 2024 <br />