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URMD

The Urban Road Maintenance District (URMD) of urban neighborhood streets. URMD
is a county service district formed to fund does not fund maintenance on arterials
the maintenance of neighborhood streets in or collectors. URMD funds pedestrian and
Washington County that are outside of cities. biking improvement projects, however,
on all road classes with in the
When URMD was formed in 1987, urban URMD boundaries.
neighborhood streets had deteriorated due
to a lack of funding for preventive maintenance. For more information,
URMD’s primary mission is to fund maintenance visit: www.co.washington.or.us/urmd

Neighborhood

Streets Program URMD Expenditures

2017: 71 2017: $4.4 million

2016: 60 2016: $4.1 million

Neighborhood safety campaigns Total expenditures
2016 2017 2016 2017

7 4 Neighborhood 75% 67% Contract Safety
meetings held Improvement

89 36 Lawn signs distributed 10% 13% Contract surface
treatments
6 4 Radar speed reader
board loan-outs 3% 9% Contract prep
to residents and administration
1 6 Permanent speed 5% 5% Maintenance and
display signs posted service requests

4 4 Traffic calming 3% 3% Neighborhood
projects complete Streets Program

4% 3% CWS Drainage

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