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Residents want resolution to poor street conditions
âIt just keeps getting worse.â (Source: KAIT) By Destinee Patterson | May 4, 2021 at 2:46 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 7:46 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - For several years now, dodging potholes, bumps and cracks in the road has been a daily frustration for some Ingleside residents.
Neighbors said they are tired of the roads and theyâre worried about damage to their vehicles.
âIf you had to drive this road every day, you wouldnât like it either,â Violet Maxie said over the phone.
Tulane Avenue residents say pothole issue just keeps getting worse
She added that she gets nervous driving on her own street to get to and from home.
Mayor Says Shreveport Is Making Progress
Perkins told the audience
We Inherited a horrible budget. We had a negative 1.2 million dollar operating budget. We had to tighten the belt in the first year and get the city back on solid footing and we did that.
Mayor Perkins says the city now has an operating reserve of 24.5 million. He did acknowledge that much of the money comes from Cares Act funding. And Perkins says Shreveport is set to receive 48 million dollars from the feds in the rescue plan and he is putting together a plan to invest in our community. He is expected to present a list of projects to City Councilwoman LeVette Fuller who chairs the infrastructure committee.
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