The Phoenix City Council voted unanimously to delay — and likely kill — a light-rail line planned to connect downtown Phoenix to Paradise Valley Mall.

The decision came as part of a discussion by the council to find money for street repairs.

According to a study by city staff, 4,085 of the city's 4,863 miles of streets will fall below a "good" quality level in the next five years and require maintenance. Currently, 3,227 miles are already in fair, poor or very poor condition

Bringing all of the streets up to a "good" level in five years would cost $1.6 billion that the city does not have.

The council considered a series of options to generate additional dollars for streets and landed on a combination that will allow the city to free up $200 million immediately and potentially hundreds of millions of additional dollars over time.

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The money comes from a $31.5 billion, 35-year transportation plan, funded by a sales-tax increase approved by voters in 2015. The plan included funds for street repairs, bus service and light-rail expansions.

On Wednesday, the council voted to get an advance on $200 million of the funds dedicated for future street repairs to immediately solve some street needs. That will require the city to borrow money, which will result in about $15 million per year in debt service for 20 years, according to city staff.

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The council also voted to "delay" the northeast light-rail extension, which is currently planned to connect to Paradise Valley Mall in 2036. The council noted that the delay will likely kill that project.

Delaying or killing the project will free up additional money over time, but city staff said that funding likely won't be available in the next five years because the project is still so far in the future and the money for that light-rail project hasn't been generated yet.

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