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Pot holes!!

qualitygal — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:31:31 GMT

Oh my gosh! They are horrible this year. We need monies going towards getting these pot holes fixed. They need to resurface more whole road areas and stop with the bandaid repair on these pot holes.

How are the roads where you live?

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Deb1010again — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:38:11 GMT

Not too good. Plus we have those above ground reflectors that separate the lanes. The plows this year broke many of them off the road. They cost something like $7 EACH to replace.

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snowball — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:15:31 GMT

Terrible!!! My neighbor ruined the rim on his tire the other day. These holes are so deep you have to go other ways to get to where you are going.

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Grade1Teach — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:30:15 GMT

The roads are AWFUL! I'm surprised we haven't gotten flat tires yet.

They are unavoidable for the most part around here --- especially on the highways. They are HUGE and deep. Very upsetting!!

There is going to be a massive repair here this spring, I'm sure. They have to do something.

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brii — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:56:19 GMT

They are huge. Luckily in the day you can see them.

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MaggieToo — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:00:55 GMT

Gee, I thought we were the only ones with cr@ppy roads. The same money is there that has always been there (property taxes, etc), so why would the roads not be fixed. Where is the existing road money going?

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Luv2Decorate — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:38:01 GMT

In Michigan some of our roads were bad before this cold winter. We all pay enough in taxes to fix the roads. I just wish Michigan would use the same contractors that Indiana uses on their highways. When we drive from Indiana back to Michigan the road conditions are night and day! It's actually hilarious.

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FrostyBabe — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:22:20 GMT

The roads in SW Michigan look like you could easily loose a bus in one of those holes. I've driven on quite a few with so many holes that they look like they've been carpet bombed, but then the roads here always seem to be in sorry shape.

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sidsmom — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:40:05 GMT

My favorite commercial of all time...Geico taking pothole!

http://youtu.be/NjMUfIKktWU

Oh, Noooo....Your tire's all flat and junk.

Oh, did I do that? Here.

Let me get out my cellular & call you a wrecker.

Oh, shoot, I got no phone 'cuz I'm a pothole...sooooooo, Kay, 'BYE!

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151949 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:40:15 GMT

Here in Fl. potholes are not too much of a problem - no freeze thaw cycle - but we have heard that the road at our campground in Pa has been washed out and we won't be able to get up there until they regrade and put down gravel sometime in the spring. So we can't go ""home"" until they get it done. Bummer. My niece went up to the campground to check on the camper for us and they had to walk up the steep hill to our site because the road was not passable. We are waiting for a return call from the campground owner about when she thinks she will have it open.

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boby — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:41:43 GMT

The street in front of my house was completely resurfaced this fall for the first time in at least 20 years, and is in pretty good shape. The snow and ice have beaten up most of the main roads around here, which get the heavy traffic.

The biggest deal is a sinkhole in town that opened up late in 2011 and still hasn't been repaired. It literally swallowed an entire street, which remains closed. Every time they announce the water main leak underlying the issue has been plugged, another leak bursts. What a mess.

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Moonlady — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:00:24 GMT

The potholes are dreadful here, and this year's no exception. Our high gas tax is supposed to go towards road and bridge repair, too. Apparently, it's not.

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Marianne1 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:02:14 GMT

I have HORRIBLE pot hole aim.

I try to miss them, but I seem to always hit them while trying to miss them.

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foundinlv — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:07:43 GMT

The City of Henderson does a great job in filling pot holes. The City of Las Vegas does not. There is one road in particular I have to travel on frequently and it's pretty bad and is in the right lane near an intersection I need to make a right turn on so I've learned to travel in the other lane and go up to the next intersection to make my right turn.

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qualitygal — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:29:46 GMT

On 2/27/2014 happy housewife said: Here in Fl. potholes are not too much of a problem - no freeze thaw cycle - but we have heard that the road at our campground in Pa has been washed out and we won't be able to get up there until they regrade and put down gravel sometime in the spring. So we can't go "home" until they get it done. Bummer. My niece went up to the campground to check on the camper for us and they had to walk up the steep hill to our site because the road was not passable. We are waiting for a return call from the campground owner about when she thinks she will have it open.

It'll probably be a bit longer for all this snow to melt anyway. We have relatives in Fl too and I know they won't want to get here too soon either. No rush, famous last words.

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Demitra1 — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:37:00 GMT

I was visiting in Chicago for a few days.The potholes are horrid. They had announcements on the news that road crews were working 24/7 to repair them. We were out and about a LOT four days in a row, and granted Chicago is a huge place, but we never saw ANY work going on. It has to be a monumental job!!

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sfnative — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:48:15 GMT

Potholes are bad here, too. and it's not just potholes, the way this city spends its money is to only resurface and maintain major streets and boulevards. Once you pull off into a neighorhood, the bumps and holes are horrid. If you have back, neck or hip pain, it's a no-win situation for you.

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halfpint1 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:17:13 GMT

They are terrible in L A. My son works in the city and had to buy new tires.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:40:02 GMT

The one nice thing of living in a drought area is that the streets are in great condition. I never see a pothole.

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PuppyBreath — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:44:24 GMT

Minnesota - land of 10,000 lakes, and 10 million pot holes.