Large pothole in right lane, downhill direction of Park Blvd. This is only one of about 10 to 15 similarly-sized potholes between Esates Dr. and Hiway 13 on Park Blvd., all lanes and in both directions. Drivers, including me, swerve or straddle the potholes to avoid damage to vehicle - very dangerous situation. Actually needs repaving ultimately - as reported for YEARS! City waiting to reduce lanes?? That will be a colossal mistake, don't do it!
also asked...
Q. Is there any water coming out of it? A. NO
Q. Is there an odor coming out of it? A. NO
Q. Is there a hole, or is it more like an entire area that looks crumbled like an alligator's back or a bunch of cracks? A. There is a hole
Q. How large is it? A. approx. 6 feet by 3 feet
Q. Is the pothole located on a freeway on ramp or off ramp? A. NO
Q. What were you doing when you encountered the pothole/depression? A. Driving
Q. If signage, a barricade, cone or other device covers the pothole whose name appears on it? (e.g., EBMUD) A. None
Q. ***PLEASE CHECK*** the LOCATION of your request, so we send the crew to the correct place. For mobile users, sometimes the GPS location is incorrect. *ALSO* To avoid delays, provide a detailed description of the issue. *PHOTOS* are helpful. A. OK
Many people have been bringing up this problem in recent weeks, me included. Is the city doing anything? No. Is the city even listening? Again, no. The city is spending millions on projects just below this dangerous, deteriorated section of roadway - changing lane alignments, widening medians, for no obvious reason. How about actually taking care of the existing street first!
OAK 311 has received this issue. Your service request ID is #1281464. Dear Oaklander, Thank you for taking the time to report a pothole or other needed street repair to the City of Oakland Department of Transportation, or OakDOT. Our next step with your request will be to review it and assign it a priority level so that we can respond as promptly and appropriately as we can to the thousands of requests we receive each year. Your input into this process is critical, as we count on our community to be our eyes and ears as new issues arise or existing issues change. OAK311 is our one-stop shop for public maintenance requests, and it's the best method we have for logging, tracking, and prioritizing requests like yours. We’d like also to take this opportunity to share some information with you about how we’re taking on the bigger task of improving all Oakland streets – including fully repaving streets. In general, for our 3-Year Paving Plan (adopted in mid-2019) we prioritized local streets based on the Pavement Condition Index (https://oakgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8802147bcb4b42bfb21846e36205fe4d), working generally from the worst streets next to schools, to the worst streets otherwise, until our budget target was met. With this plan, we will be repaving more than 70 miles of local streets in three years. This is a massive increase in funding dedicated to local streets: in the past ten years we averaged just under 3 miles of local streets paving per year. More information about the plan, including online maps and Frequently Asked Questions, can be reviewed here: https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/2019-paving-plan. Unfortunately, even with this aggressive move to address local street conditions, we are not able to prioritize every one of the 300+ local street miles that are good candidates for repaving. We are starting to prepare for our next Paving Plan which should begin next year. If you’d like to receive updates on this process, please sign up here: https://oaklandca19202.activehosted.com/f/112. Thank you again and have a great Oakland day, The OakDOT Team Please check back for status updates, or contact us directly at 510-615-5566.
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