I live in an established town. The municipal boundary is about eight square miles. Very few new developments so the author's math doesn't apply. Our roads are maintained by the "tar and chip" approach which is pretty automated. A truck which has both the tar sprayer and the chip spreader drives around town on a regular basis to resurface the roads. Our road has been resurfaced this way about every five years.

The next town over has brick roads. They also need periodic maintenance, but it looks like the same bricks have been in place for a hundred years.

I'm sure that in both cases our taxes ARE paying the cost of the streets.