Potholes in Millburn repaired by county and township
officials
March 23, 2015
Of the many potholes that occupy the county streets, it
seems as though many people can pinpoint the specific one that has become the
bane of their roadway existence. The one that, without fail, has them gripping
the steering wheel and sending audible apologies to their tires, swearing up
and down that next time, they will surely avoid it.
For Rekha Laghate, it's the pothole on Morris Avenue,
conveniently situated across from Firestone Complete Auto Care.
Ingrid Walter Turner cited the one near the Springfield
Avenue entrance to I-78 West, while Amy Stern Danuts said the pothole at the
intersection of Forest and Western Drives sometimes catches her off guard.
In grand fashion, potholes are making their annual return,
though township officials are working on reversing that.
Two potholes are
wedged in the crosswalk that connects Municipal Parking Lots 1 and 2 to the
shops along Essex Street.
"We have cruised out there just about every day now
that the weather is breaking," Public Works Superintendent John Bace said.
"We repair the potholes by neighborhood, and if a resident calls one in,
we try to get out there as fast as possible."
Many of the main roadways in the township are the
responsibility of Essex County.
"Residents and motorists rely on our network of county
roads to travel to work, school and move about their daily lives," County
Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. said in a press release. "There is no
question that the horrendous weather this winter has taken its toll on the
pavement and created challenging driving conditions for everyone...Potholes are
a problem, but we will continue to make sure our roadways are safe and meet the
driving needs of the public."
DiVincenzo said pothole repair crews and roadway inspectors
are tending to problem areas on a daily basis.
Despite the frequent maintenance, Bernie Grieco, the owner
of Bernie's Motocars, 73 Millburn Ave., said that his shop has been busier than
usual because of potholes' damaging effects to motor vehicles.
"This time of year, we see a 20 percent increase in
tire sales," Grieco told The Item of Millburn and Short Hills.
He said that the trenches can offset the wheel alignments
and could also destroy the tire's side wall. Grieco advised drivers who cannot
avoid a pothole to slow down and drive straight through it, without turning the
wheel.
DiVincenzo encouraged residents to report areas in need of
relief to the county by calling the hotline at 973-239-3366, ext. 2220, or by
visiting essexcountynj.org, and completing the online service request.
Source: www.nj.com
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POTHOLE REPAIR IN TENNESSEE
March 23, 2015
Kingsport Streets and Sanitation Manager Ronnie Hammonds
says his guys were out patching potholes even during last month's snows. Photo
by David Grace.
KINGSPORT, Tennessee
The snow may be gone and done for the year, but the potholes
still remain.
And though city officials have been hearing about potholes from residents and motorists for weeks, they still want to hear about them.
“Don’t assume we know about it,” Streets and Sanitation Manager Ronnie Hammonds told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen earlier this week. Hammonds, who was giving city leaders an update on the pothole situation in town, said the best way for people to report potholes is to call the public works department at 229-9451.
Residents can also go the city’s website ( www.kingsporttn.gov? ) to get contact information and send message about a specific pothole.
“We prioritize them, but if someone calls in and it sounds like a real huge one, we’ll try and get that one to the top of the list,” Hammonds said.
“It’s very important for the public to know this,” said Mayor Dennis Phillips. “We do ask for some understanding, because the fact is there is a record amount of potholes all over the Southeast.”
Earlier this month, the Tennessee Department of Transportation launched a massive effort to repair potholes along the state’s interstates and highways, by using all available manpower to repair the damaged areas as quickly as possible.
The daily pothole patching schedules can be found at www.tdot.state.tn.us/maintenance/potholes.htm.
Over a two-week period in February, the Model City was hit with four significant snowstorms with temperatures ranging from less than zero to the 30s and 40s. When you add in tons of salt and thousands of vehicles driving over the streets and highways in town, that makes for perfect conditions for pothole creation.
Kingsport’s Streets and Sanitation Department began repairing the potholes during the storm and to date have repaired more than 940 potholes throughout the city, Hammonds said.
"While the Streets guys were plowing and salting, we had six sanitation guys patching potholes,” Hammonds told the BMA. “We’re probably about half way finished, but we’ll still get some more when it rains, but hopefully the worst ones have not gone back.”
Some of the worst potholes were seen on the Eastman Road bridge near East Stone Commons, on Netherland Inn Road and on Highway 11-W over the North Fork of the Holston River. Hammonds said the city would be doing some major repairs in the near future on that 11-W area, milling one lane of the road and pouring a fresh layer of top coat.
A few roads in Kingsport sustained substantial damage from the winter storms, more than just a pothole. Major road failures took place in White City, Hammonds said, where the sub-base rock of the road deteriorated and the road fell in with the sub-base, resulting in clay dirt coming up through the asphalt.
“It’s more extensive than a pothole and will require digging out that area and putting more sub-base back in,” Hammonds said.
The repairs in White City are expected to take place in the next couple of weeks, while similar damage to Waverly Road was repaired this week.
Since most of the asphalt plants shut down for the winter months (December to March), Kingsport is left with two ways to fix potholes — a cold mix asphalt or the hot spray injector on the automated repair truck. The best way of course is with a hot asphalt mix.
And though city officials have been hearing about potholes from residents and motorists for weeks, they still want to hear about them.
“Don’t assume we know about it,” Streets and Sanitation Manager Ronnie Hammonds told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen earlier this week. Hammonds, who was giving city leaders an update on the pothole situation in town, said the best way for people to report potholes is to call the public works department at 229-9451.
Residents can also go the city’s website ( www.kingsporttn.gov? ) to get contact information and send message about a specific pothole.
“We prioritize them, but if someone calls in and it sounds like a real huge one, we’ll try and get that one to the top of the list,” Hammonds said.
“It’s very important for the public to know this,” said Mayor Dennis Phillips. “We do ask for some understanding, because the fact is there is a record amount of potholes all over the Southeast.”
Earlier this month, the Tennessee Department of Transportation launched a massive effort to repair potholes along the state’s interstates and highways, by using all available manpower to repair the damaged areas as quickly as possible.
The daily pothole patching schedules can be found at www.tdot.state.tn.us/maintenance/potholes.htm.
Over a two-week period in February, the Model City was hit with four significant snowstorms with temperatures ranging from less than zero to the 30s and 40s. When you add in tons of salt and thousands of vehicles driving over the streets and highways in town, that makes for perfect conditions for pothole creation.
Kingsport’s Streets and Sanitation Department began repairing the potholes during the storm and to date have repaired more than 940 potholes throughout the city, Hammonds said.
"While the Streets guys were plowing and salting, we had six sanitation guys patching potholes,” Hammonds told the BMA. “We’re probably about half way finished, but we’ll still get some more when it rains, but hopefully the worst ones have not gone back.”
Some of the worst potholes were seen on the Eastman Road bridge near East Stone Commons, on Netherland Inn Road and on Highway 11-W over the North Fork of the Holston River. Hammonds said the city would be doing some major repairs in the near future on that 11-W area, milling one lane of the road and pouring a fresh layer of top coat.
A few roads in Kingsport sustained substantial damage from the winter storms, more than just a pothole. Major road failures took place in White City, Hammonds said, where the sub-base rock of the road deteriorated and the road fell in with the sub-base, resulting in clay dirt coming up through the asphalt.
“It’s more extensive than a pothole and will require digging out that area and putting more sub-base back in,” Hammonds said.
The repairs in White City are expected to take place in the next couple of weeks, while similar damage to Waverly Road was repaired this week.
Since most of the asphalt plants shut down for the winter months (December to March), Kingsport is left with two ways to fix potholes — a cold mix asphalt or the hot spray injector on the automated repair truck. The best way of course is with a hot asphalt mix.
Source: http://www.timesnews.net
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ONCE THE SHOVELING ENDS, POTHOLE SEASON BEGINS IN HALIFAX,
CANADA
MARCH 23, 2015
Halifax regional council is set to approve this year’s
pothole-filling contract on Tuesday – especially since under the snow there are
potholes lurking like these ones on Clifton Street. (ADRIEN VECZAN / Staff)
Halifax may still be digging out from the latest blitz of
winter storms, but lurking around the corner is pothole season.
A cold, snowy and icy winter has wreaked havoc on roads
across the municipality, leaving stretches of pavement pockmarked and cratered.
The city has set aside $25 million in the 2015-16 capital
budget for street work and on Tuesday regional council will consider one of
several contracts for patching roads across the municipality.
A staff report is recommending awarding a $1.2 million
contract to Atlantic Road Construction & Paving Ltd., which came in with
the lowest bid out of four contractors.
The work, street planer patching, will roll out on about 40
different roads and intersections. It will start once the weather warms up and
will take 12 weeks to complete