Could the potholes on Wilshire get fixed soon?/via Flickr Creative Commons

Yet over the years, streets in the city have become more and more deteriorated and the cost of repairing them has increased. It's a major issue for a city that relies on the automobile and new mayor Eric Garcetti has made it a major concern during his first term.

On Wednesday, the city council agreed to study a possible funding source for street repairs, which could include a property tax increase or borrowing against future sales tax or gas tax revenues, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The goal: raise $3 billion to fix 8,700 miles of streets in Los Angeles, or about one-third of the city's total road network.  Councilmembers Michell Englander and Joe Buscaino presented the proposal as a way to eliminate a massive backlog of road repairs, which city analysts have said could take up to 60 years to repair at the current rate.

Read more about LA's proposal to fix potholes and broken roads at the Los Angeles Times and LA Daily News.

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