Holy Pothole!

[deinstein]

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[deinstein]

report a pothole here.

[AMP]

Too many to list them all.

Big one West bound outer lane I-44 right before Hudson Ave.  Did not get the light pole markers as there is too much construction there.

[TheArtist]

Gosh, some of the roads I have been on are nothing more than large agglomerations of potholes, broken up by the occasional small patch of street.

[tulsa1603]

How does the city deal with situations like this?  Some of these areas are so bad I don't see how simple patches can fix it.  Is there money in the budget for all the repairs we'll need?

[AMP]

I filled out that form last Summer on the road by my offices.  Man came out, called me on the phone.  I went out and met him.  He inspected the road.  Told me it was one of the worst he had ever seen.  DUH!

Said he would be there with a crew, lay down asphalt machine and a truck the next week. He was concerned with vehicles parked near the intersection, but said he would have them towed away if they were in his way as they were parked illegally.

I said do what you have to do, just get the road reparied so everyone can drive down in on the proper side of the road!  

Never heard from him again.  Filled out another form, never heard from anyone.

[aoxamaxoa]

COT Public Diswerks quit doing crack fill several years ago to help the budget mess....now our streets are a mess. Preventative maintenance.

[mspivey]

Boy, they're everywhere. The lone exception is Peoria between Cherry and Brookside. The new pavement must not have let the water in to freeze and break the pavement.

[RecycleMichael]

My neighborhood was repaved two years ago (right before I moved in) and it is great. There is not a pothole anywhere.

Then I get on Memorial drive and I feel like I am in Baghdad.

Anybody remember when Channel 6 had a feature called "Pothole of the Week?" They would have a fun reporter do a short story in a big pothole, even once taking an actual piano and putting in the hole to make a point?

[NellieBly]

A stretch of Harvard near my house was repaved about 5 years ago, today that same stretch is filled with huge potholes.

The powers that be in this town need to take a good hard look at how the streets are paved, the workmanship of those hired to do it and the quality of materials they use.

Asphalt may be less expensive than concrete but the costs of repaving and repairing annually has to offset that savings. The lack of maintenance on our infrastructure is staggering and this ice storm has really brought some attention to the problem.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

A stretch of Harvard near my house was repaved about 5 years ago, today that same stretch is filled with huge potholes.

The powers that be in this town need to take a good hard look at how the streets are paved, the workmanship of those hired to do it and the quality of materials they use.

Asphalt may be less expensive than concrete but the costs of repaving and repairing annually has to offset that savings. The lack of maintenance on our infrastructure is staggering and this ice storm has really brought some attention to the problem.

I live in Florence Park, and about three years ago, they came in and ripped out most of the streets south of 17th or so...repaved them all in concrete (yes, they were concrete before).  Yet when 21st was redone a few years before then, it was done in asphalt.  What is the reasoning behind doing neighborhood streets in concrete, and arterials in asphalt?  Surely someone here knows?

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

My neighborhood was repaved two years ago (right before I moved in) and it is great. There is not a pothole anywhere.

Then I get on Memorial drive and I feel like I am in Baghdad.

Anybody remember when Channel 6 had a feature called "Pothole of the Week?" They would have a fun reporter do a short story in a big pothole, even once taking an actual piano and putting in the hole to make a point?

The street in front of my house on 26th St., just east of Yale was rehabilitated about 12 years ago from bond issue funds.  Instead of slapping on a layer of cosmetic asphalt, they repaired the concrete pavement properly with concrete, and the street is still in good condition today, in spite of the recent ice.  Asphalt is only a very temporary fix.

I remember the "pothole of the week" bit on the news too.

[carltonplace]

In my area the streets were originaly brick, then cement, then asphalt, asphalt. In many places we are back to bricks, which is nice except the transition from an asphalt part of the road to an uncovered brick part is not so smooth.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

A stretch of Harvard near my house was repaved about 5 years ago, today that same stretch is filled with huge potholes.

The powers that be in this town need to take a good hard look at how the streets are paved, the workmanship of those hired to do it and the quality of materials they use.

Asphalt may be less expensive than concrete but the costs of repaving and repairing annually has to offset that savings. The lack of maintenance on our infrastructure is staggering and this ice storm has really brought some attention to the problem.

I live in Florence Park, and about three years ago, they came in and ripped out most of the streets south of 17th or so...repaved them all in concrete (yes, they were concrete before).  Yet when 21st was redone a few years before then, it was done in asphalt.  What is the reasoning behind doing neighborhood streets in concrete, and arterials in asphalt?  Surely someone here knows?

Different construction company/different contract?

The whole city is randomly asphault or concrete.  No rhyme or reason.

[Rowdy]

Is there a website to report potheads too?