It's that time of year when temperatures warm, the slush and road salt is washed away and Baltimore city streets are left exposed in all their poorly patched and raggedy glory.
At least a third of the city’s streets are so cracked, weathered or rutted they are considered substandard, according to the engineering consultant firm, Amec Foster Wheeler. When asked to rate the quality of street maintenance in Baltimore, only 26% of residents said the roads are “good” or “excellent.”
Only about 2% of Baltimore City’s 4,300 miles of roads are resurfaced each year.
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