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Right. It's not so much about the pothole today, as much as it is the health of the entire road over the next decade+. That said, addressing this and other con
by throwawayjava 9y ago
Right. It's not so much about the pothole today, as much as it is the health of the entire road over the next decade+.
That said, addressing this and other concerns isn't rocket science. The city could easily publish a detailed guide to filling potholes (what materials are ok, what materials are not, what process to use, etc).
- donarb 9y agoPublishing a guide to filling in potholes seems like it would create controversy with the public, who would ask why it appears the city expects citizens to fill in potholes themselves. It's much easier to just allow citizens to call a number and report a pothole. Seattle does that and potholes get filled fairly quickly, they even have a phone app that allows you to report all kinds of problems. Here's Seattle's pothole map showing where and when they have been fixed. http://web6.seattle.gov/sdot/potholemap/ http://web6.seattle.gov/sdot/potholemap/
- newfoundglory 8y ago> Seattle does that and potholes get filled fairly quickly, We must have different definitions of quickly! Or perhaps different standards for “pothole”.
- prawn 8y agoA guide would create potential legal liability, wouldn't it?
- greedo 8y agoYou could publish it in a way that was more "How we repair our potholes." Include the types of materials, the procedure, etc. This would mask it so that you could plausibly deny encouraging citizens to self-repair.
- prawn 8y agoThat's true. Good thinking. Council crews everywhere could realistically have best-practice blogs detailing all sorts of stuff to encourage residents to aim for a certain standard (verge upkeep, etc) or achieve other targets (water usage and the like).