The Observation Deck

Is it just me, or did the streets get especially torn up this winter? Bunts by the high school is like driving on the moon. So is Delaware extension to the highway, where I live.

Bunts has been like that from Clifton on up for ages...What worries me is that the ones they just 'fixed' are getting potholes - Lewis between Madison and Lakewood Hts already has several holes in it!

The city should've put the money into paving ALL the bad streets rather than on those monster garbage cans and new trucks. I'd definitely rather have my street paved.

I suppose, but in theory the garbage can thing is going to end up saving us money that can THEN go to fixing the streets, so, if it really works out that way in the long run, then I'm fine with waiting.

Hello from New Jersey....

The other day I rode a different way to work, and noticed that the section of McKinley that was ground and overlaid in place (just north of the highway) is starting to come apart already. From what I saw I hope the city does not repair streets this way in the future. But I think that is what is being done where Lake meets Webb. But I really don't know....

See this related discussion for an historical perspective:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4692#p32647

The following streets will be repaved this summer:

Alameda (Madison to Franklin), Brockley (Clifton to Lake), Bunts, Concord (Marginal to Hilliard), Cordova, Delaware (Lincoln to Brown), Detroit Extension, Esther, Gladys, Glenbury, Graber, Gridley, Kenilworth, Marlowe (Franklin to Madison), Orchard Grove, Park Place, Phelps, Riverway, Spring Garden, Summit, Thoreau (railroad tracks to Clifton), and Webb.

The administration went after and obtained quite a bit of stimulus money, and they also reworked federal HUD dollars to add several streets to the original list. Additionally, all projects will be at least deep-grind-and-overlay quality, so the streets ought to last much longer than the 5- to 10-year lifespan of "recycled" streets (on which the pavement was melted, churned with new tar and relaid, all in one shot).

As a result, this will be one of the best years for street repair we've had in decades. We're happy about that, and I think Ed FitzGerald and his staff (Nate Kelly, Joe Beno, Bill Corrigan) deserve a lot of credit for making it happen.

Kevin Butler
(Ward 1 Council)

Has anyone driven up Blossum Park between Franklin and Cedarwood? Every year it gets worse and worse...

Does anyone know how the city decides what streets get paved each year?

~Kristen Dutton