City Budget Targets Aging Streets, Pipes

By J.B. SMITH jbsmith@wacotrib.com, Waco Tribune-Herald
Sat, 07/25/2015 - 3:01pm

The city of Waco’s proposed 2015-16 budget takes a big swipe at fixing streets and utilities that have become increasingly impossible to ignore.

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