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With a renewed focus on growth in developed areas where infrastructure is available, more funding would be allocated to maintenance or improvements (including safety enhancements and multimodal adaptation) of existing transportation assets.

In Metro Boston, there are currently 120 structurally deficient bridges that carry over 30,000 vehicle trips each day. 40 of these bridges carry over 60,000 vehicles per day, and a dozen carry over 100,000 vehicle trips per day. Statewide, 18% of bridges under the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Recreation are structurally deficient, as are 16% of city and town bridges.

Objectives:

• At least 70% of state-maintained roads will be in good repair.
• 90% of auto crashes will be cleared from the roadway within 90 minutes.
• The number of structurally deficient bridges will not increase.
• All municipalities will have a pavement man
  agement system in place.