CEDAR RAPIDS — Street conditions and how officials spend the voter-approved local-option sales tax for street repairs were top concerns during this year’s Cedar Rapids municipal election campaigns.Stephanie Phillips, 66, got a front-row seat to the signature street project of the 2017 construction season. People who doubt Paving for Progress, a streets program fueled by $18 million a year generated from a 1 percent local-option sales tax, should visit her neighborhood near 42nd Street and C Avenue NE, Phillips said.“I feel like in our area it has been a good investment,” she said.