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Surviving our streets

Reported by: Clay Loney
Email: cloney@fox23.com
Last Update: 4/10/2008 11:44 am
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(TULSA, Okla.) February 4 - Even though crews filled tens of thousands of potholes in Tulsa last year, it's still not easy surviving our streets.
 
Right outside a Tulsa hospital, ironically, is a piece of pavement in critical condition.
 
"Yeah, this is the one I swerved to miss, and then I came back over… and I thought the potholes were pretty much over with, and then I hit this big thing… "
 
Linda Lowe says a pothole near South Utica and 12th left one tire damaged while another one at Admiral and Darlington destroyed another tire.
 
"Oh it was torn, yeah it was torn, the one at Darlington is a big huge, I mean, big hole, and it's very sharp around the edges."
 
John Lofton, owner of Tulsa’s Express Tire & Auto, sees the damage from potholes almost daily.  “The tires get loose, wheels are shaking a lot nowadays.  That is very unsafe on the road."
 
One year ago, a pothole on Interstate 244 caused a terrible accident.  A driver hit it and lost control, her SUV jumped a guardrail and fell about 20 feet onto its top.  A woman and her daughter were rushed to the hospital.
 
Once the city is alerted to potholes posing serious safety hazards, immediate repair is ordered.
 
However, the longer areas continue to slip through the cracks, the more likely you’ll be able to get the city to pay for any damage caused by hitting them.
 
So while drivers find a way to pay for repairs, local leaders debate ways to afford an overhaul of our streets, instead of quick fixes that never last long.
 
Linda Lowe said, “I really wish they could get some money together.  I would be willing to pay a little extra tax to do this, if they'd actually use the money for this. Yeah, if I knew the money was going for the streets, I'd be willing to pay some extra taxes, but something's going to have to be done, this is really bad."
 
To let us know about bad potholes and to report a pothole to the city of Tulsa, click on "Pothole Patrol" on the left side of the home page.
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jokelahoma - 5/19/2008 9:46 AM
some dreamers some losers , we pay more for roads than most states take 412 sucks all thrue oklahoma , but hit the hillbilly state arkansas and its like glass ,hit new mexico magic carpet this state is poor, but simple inner city , corperation comission should take all the tax and some profit from fuel use that i pay dot ,gas tax city sales tax, property tax toll roads oh and state tax where is our money and why when we do fix it why do we hire texas to do it they cant fix anything everything that comes from there has been a disaster and it would only cost a little more to do it right, also the hottest place to do road work we do in the day during traffic denver dose it at night so just get use to it the joke its on us

DebbA - 2/7/2008 11:10 AM
I find it amazing that states like Michigan, who are nearly bankrupt & have snow on the ground nearly 6 mos of the year can have such nice roads when we cant. Inferior materials like cheap sand aggregate are being used. This is not the answer. If the city took initiative to not use the very cheapest of contractors, it would make a difference, cheap contractors do cheap jobs.

irwindale - 2/4/2008 10:05 PM
Potholes are a result, in most cases, due to failing base material. Cities and towns across the US experience the same roads problems we have here in Tulsa. The difference here in Tulsa is we seem to always put a Band-Aid on a gapping wound. Poor planning & Road design. They have ruined "Route 66" east of Yale. Look at Lewis south of 11th. Harvard around 71st.is next. Next check out the public works budget over the last 25 some years. Twenty five tears ago we must have said, "A" & "B" students need not apply. By the way, This happens to be one very livable city. The service moved us around.



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