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<br />e <br /> <br />. <br />..;. <br />r <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />......--- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(4) A survey of Texas cities indicates that the backlog of municipal street <br />repair needs exceeds $1 billion. More than 13,000 miles of city <br />streets are in need" of major improvement. Texas cities are spending <br />more than $190 million per year on street repairs, but it's not enough. <br />Cities are falling further behind every year, because the street repair <br />backlog is snowballing at rates that exceed local spending increases. <br />The cities will never be able to bring their streets, and "bridges up to <br />standard without state assistance. <br /> <br />(5) The deterioration of city streets and" bridges will continue to acceler- <br />ate in the future. The 10 million motor vehicles already in the State <br />are tearing up our local roads and bridges faster than they can be <br />repaired. Twenty years from now, we will have 16 million vehicles to <br />contend with--50% more than we have today. <br /> <br />G"l, <br />