That and other costly maintenance and refurbishment do their share in keeping village commerce healthy.

"Put on a steel tank and there's continual costly maintenance."

The costly and time-consuming maintenance required for wood bodies posed problems.

The existing structure, a swing bridge that opens to allow ships to pass, often requires costly maintenance because of its age.

Belote says that another upside to his company's system is less costly maintenance.

Mobile banking addresses the problem of the heavy regulation and costly maintenance of saving accounts.

The migration to the suburbs, waning church attendance and costly maintenance have led to the closing of inner-city churches throughout the state.

But eventually equipment and railbeds needed costly maintenance.

A flood tunnel offers the potential for environmental disaster and a lifetime of costly maintenance.

Lawns like those on professional baseball fields recover from damage quickly, but require intensive, and costly, maintenance.