He had spoken out against cuts in bridge maintenance and warned that they would endanger public safety.

Transit noted in this context that the plan already includes some funding for bridge maintenance.

He had also spoken out publicly against the Dinkins administration's budget cuts for bridge maintenance.

The allocation for bridge maintenance is $7.9 million in fiscal 1990-91, which ends June 30.

Another $2.5 billion is available for bridge maintenance.

Such an agency, he said, would aggressively pursue Federal and state money for bridge maintenance.

"We are very meticulous about bridge maintenance," she said.

Still, the city has substantially cut its budget for bridge maintenance and rehabilitation.

Mayor Koch now indicates that he'll put more in next year's budget for bridge maintenance.

If bridge maintenance had instead been performed regularly, the total estimated historical cost would have been about $81 million.