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The Cost of "Timely" Malntenance'' <br />Each SIM of <br />E <br />h Rarronllon Coal <br />4 <br />Wopaal AmuJ Han <br />u <br />RendadopCal <br />2 ° <br />to $&DCost $� <br />Relayed to Hart <br />C Ire <br />/a% <br />$ <br />ouanry <br />7 <br />om Told FIRM <br />"% nme <br />e e 17 to <br />ypan <br />I <br />Mina Yalu for Each Road f3 IM) <br />53 cents. 51, and $1.44, respectively. <br />These examples and many others like <br />them suggest that even when budgets <br />are light, a city simply cannot afford <br />to defer street maintenance. <br />C' <br />Don't my driving costs go up? <br />Yes. Poorly maintained roads mean direct out-of-pocket costs to you. the <br />motorist, in blowouts, Ironl•end alignments, shock absorbers. and Irallic <br />accidents — not to mention increased travel time. How much? The same World <br />Bank study analyzed these increased costs and found that operating expenses <br />are 15% tower for vehicles operated on roads in "reasonably good" condition <br />than for vehicles operated on poorly maintained toads. At today's costs this <br />amounts to about 3.2 cents per mile, or about $320 per year for the average <br />motorist. Using alternative methods, the Asphalt Institute estimated that in 1981 <br />poor pavement will test the average vehicle owner $310 more to operate i1 <br />than it otherwise should. The Met:opolilan Transportation Commission study in <br />the San Francisco area found that deterred maintenance cost the average <br />motorist $100 per year in additional operating casts. <br />