How should we pay to fix Portland's crumbling streets?

Portland Business Journal:

When Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Steve Novick suggested a new fee to pay for street repairs, they likely didn't predict the firestorm that would follow.

A lot of ink has been given to the issue of how Portland will take care of its backlog of street maintenance, work that calls for at least $45 million over three years to complete. (For a primer on the issue, check out the city's latest proposal.) The major argument for raising the cash? If the work isn't done now, it will be much more…

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