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d- <br />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 />Response category U'0 <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 />LEVY TESTING <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 />and resurfacing <br />Bridge safety <br />87% <br />30% <br />25 1 DHM Research I Consor Kittitas County Public Works Survey I May 2024 <br />7-6 <br />