something east tampa resident bobby wright relies on an electric wheelchair to carry around. >> it could be tricky with this rough service. >> reporter: the pavement machine logged on 23 of 57 possible hours. >> we have changed that situation and reassigned crews to utilize the pavement machine. >> reporter: that's true. the paving machine logged 283 more hours in 2015. mean it was put to good use. it actually paved 15,000 fewer square yards than the year before. the complexity of the project could have play a role but they think it's running more to justify its purchase. >> we should have never purchased it and shouldn't continue to run it to keep a warranty going. >> there's probably something smaller scale we could get to do the job. >> reporter: the city already has a smaller paver bought in 2005. records show it's only run 485 hours during the past decade. >> i can't really explain why those reasons are it wasn't used much rfrnlts done kins has made lots of changes. >> all i can say is we're going to use the money we do get to >> reporter: where was the short fall? who made the mist