Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Thursday is the day Governor Jerry Brown set to pass his $52 billion dollar road repair proposal.
No word yet on where it stands but the urgency to fix California's roads is more pressing than ever. After winter storms left highways and streets riddled with potholes and massive cracks.
The current price tag for a fix?
That's according to a CalTrans assessment of California's roads, which have been ravaged by winter storms. But that number is expected to go up. Reporter Ben Christopher has been writing about this for CalMatters. He spoke to A Martinez about where California roads were hit the hardest, how Governor Brown's road repair plan stacks up against the actual needs that CalTrans has highlighted and more.
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