Maintenance

NEW BEDFORD - City Councilors rose concerns over the condition of public safety vehicles during Thursday evening's meeting at City Hall.

NEW BEDFORD - Mayor Jon Mitchell highlighted a number of accomplishments through the city's Capital Improvement Program while giving an update of the program at the Hillman Street Complex Tuesday.

Less than a month after a New Bedford man was crushed to death by his own car, the City Council is looking to increase enforcement of laws against repairing cars on city streets.

New Bedford City Councillor Joe Lopes wants to see the City ween itself off the bonding process for property upkeep. Lopes is proposing a revolving fund for the maintenance of City property, that would be included in the City's budget every year...

Ward Six City Councilor Joe Lopes and Chief Financial Officer Ari Sky are working on a plan to take care of the many city owned buildings. The plan is a good one that makes sense fiscally. Lopes and Sky have crafted a proposal to set aside money annually from the general fund to make badly needed repairs to city owned buildings and to provide for preventative maintenance in order to protect the in

The New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge will be closed once again to vehicular traffic in order to repair mechanical components.

A new report released by the transportation research group, TRIP, found that poor road conditions cost Bay State motorists more than $8 billion per year. Here on the South Coast, the report found that motorists spend more than $1,600 per year due to damage caused to their vehicles, time lost waiting in traffic, and the economic costs of serious traffic accidents...