For Star subscribers: Sam Credio will have to find a way finish hundreds of miles of repaving and work to boost the city’s road-work funding by 50% — during his first year.
Sam Kmack Long time city staffer Sam Credio has been chosen to lead the transportation department, a highly consequential appointment that could determine the fate of Tucson’s largest road work initiatives in recent memory.
People are also reading… Credio will also be tasked with boosting the department’s road work budget by about 50% — or more than $120 million in extra funding annually — and electrifying Tucson’s bus fleet, an initiative that could cost another $200 million to fully implement. The city is also “well positioned” to get a big chunk of cash from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan. Mayor Regina Romero attended the signing of the $1.2 trillion law in Washington D.C. last year, and it’s expected to fund a wide range of local projects that Credio’s department will help implement.
The ballot initiative will generate $740 million through a half-cent sales tax, which will go toward repaving roads and installing new safety features like upgraded traffic signals. It’s a crucial funding source and would generate enough cash to fix every local street in Tucson over the next ten years.
“We want to finish strong with the Proposition 101, ‘Tucson Delivers’ program. We’re nearing the finish line there and we’re really excited to get that program wrapped up,” The new transportation director said. “It’s a really exciting time to be the transportation director because with Prop. 411 on the ballot in May, if that’s successful, it’s really going to infuse our department with a lot of money to be able to fix the roads in Tucson.
The city’s current RTA projects are also facing multi-million-dollar funding gaps — including the project on First Avenue, one of the most dangerous streets in Tucson — which Credio will have to work to address within his first few years as director.
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