Mayor Pothole's Legacy
I know many of you readers probably don't believe me when I refer to this city under Mayor Pothole's administration as a disaster area. So this report from the local CBS affiliate is just for you:
A police officer collided with Houston's pothole problem Tuesday. He went flying off his motorcycle while chasing a speeder on the South Loop near Main Street. But there is danger in other places too.But hey, anything to avoid voting for a candidate with the dreaded (R) beside his name, right?It's a bumpy, bumpy, bumpy time navigating some Houston highways. And not just annoying, "They can be extremely dangerous."
You don't have to tell that to Officer Brian Terry. Terry hit the hole while pursuing a speeder. He was hospitalized after he was thrown from his motorcycle. Police measured the crater and said it's the size of a large oak tree trunk and up to eight inches deep.
There are dozens of holes like that on feeder roads and main lanes of highways just on the West Loop South.
And I love how TXDOT blames US:
Part of the problem TxDOT said is that people are constantly annoyed by holes, but don't report them. You should.Let me tell you how that goes. I actually DID report such a problem (on Richmond crossing under the West Loop) using the city's website. They sent someone out. Decided it wasn't their problem (it was TXDOT's). I exchanged several emails with the city, then with a TXDOT official, over the course of several days, having to explain each time where the problem was, and the nature of the problem. Several WEEKS later, the section was repaired with concrete by TXDOT. Reporting the thing was a PAIN IN THE ASS, and took way more of my time than such things should. If I didn't drive that route daily, I probably wouldn't have bothered reporting it, knowing how the process works.
But Bill White's really smart, so maybe he has a 47 point plan to streamline the idiocy.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/23/03 23:10 | Houston | Technorati
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