Local: Is city street department in cahoots with auto repair shops?
Posted in Local with tags potholes, streets, traffic on March 27, 2009 by Billy DennisMassive corruption and/or payoffs is one explanation, I suppose, for the continued existence of a monster pothole on North North Street in front of Central High School.
Some background: On Christmas Eve, I hit this monster pothole that caused my front driver-side tire to immediately go flat. It was several days later that I finally managed to get it fixed. Unfortunately, the guy I had fix it didn’t do it right and the damn tire nearly fell off, but that’s another story.
The city soon came out and “fixed” the hole, but they ignored a second, possibly worse hole a few feet down the road. Luckily, I learned to not trust the condition of this street, and managed to miss the second hole for the weeks-long period it was there.
I mean, it’s not like this pothole was in front of an IMPORTANT school or anything.
Eventually, THAT hole was filled.
But guess what made a second appearance? You’re right, the ORIGINAL hole. Just as wide, just as deep. In fact, it’s probably worse now.
So it got me to wondering. Certainly, the people who fix out streets cannot POSSIBLY be that incompetent. So what’s the cause? Do they WANT people to hit potholes like this? Do they want people to have to pay money they really cannot afford to keep their cars operating for the privilege of driving to work to keep pay for the car repairs they need to have a car capable of driving to work on crappy city roads?
Forgive me for the rant. But when the city in which I live seems unable to provide essential services like street repair, I start getting cranky.
