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Judgment & ambiguity · Prioritizing without clear signal

You inherit a portfolio of aging municipal assets — several bridges, culverts, and retaining walls — all rated in fair-to-poor condition, with a repair budget that covers maybe a third of them this year and no single one screaming loudest. How do you decide what gets funded?

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With everything in fair-to-poor and no obvious worst case, I refuse to let the loudest constituent or the newest complaint set the order — I prioritize on risk, which is probabilit…

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