Mayor Elorza has launched the city’s new PVD311 cellphone app for reporting potholes. First a primer on hole classification and morphology from the PVD Pothole Hunt website. Potholes are round, irregularly bowl-shaped openings up to several inches deep. Occur when asphalt surface of the road is broken up, exposing the road subsurface below. Sinkholes are …
What are they? Where do they come from? What do they want from us? Mayor Elorza has some answers. This year, the City is using new equipment to help improve the speed and quality of pothole repairs. The City has more than tripled the number of asphalt compactors used to compress and smooth the surface …
Let’s talk cold patch. No, it is not a Coldplay tribute band (ew, I just threw up a little), cold patch is a type of asphalt that can be applied straight from the container without heating and does not require heavy rolling. It is a quick fix to get us through the winter until the …
Finally, some proper signage for this local attraction — I’m tired of giving directions to lost tourists. This has been here (Lloyd at Arlington) for quite awhile. It is worth noting, however, that it is fairly near the mayor’s own house — he must drive by this all the time. At any rate, thanks for …
Perhaps you have recently driven towards the Point Street Bridge under 195. It’s surprising that cars are able to make it through that minefield of potholes with their frames still intact, let alone bicycles. SeeClickFix is a Google Map that allows people to report city problems (like potholes) and tag them geographically. According to The …