I think this is the real issue. I've witnessed that the problem is lack of maintenance on roads. Instead of taking care of issues as they arise, like patching cracks and small holes, they're left to just grow and spread and before you know it the entire road is garbage and needs to be repaved. If we took care of the roads they would last longer and over time would alleviate funds for other expenses. Not to mention that it seems work on pipes under the roads are never worked on until a few months after it's been repaved, which completely destroys a new road and throws all that money down the gutter.