Only You Can Report Potholes

2009_0203_pothole.jpgThe Examiner's Michael Neibauer trotted out an evergreen story this morning on how the District government urges all citizens to report potholes to the city's Service Request Center, either by calling 311 or filling out an online form. There is a nice little news peg included in the story, however: "The most calls come in March, once the ice and snow melts and the temperatures creep up to springtime levels. But the numbers will rise after a storm or, as happened several times last month, a water main break." If water main breaks can cause potholes, we could be on a path to set a new pothole record already this year.

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Yeah, only me and NYC's Mayor Bloomberg...

Although, speaking of street damage, I bet Marion Barry could spot crack on the sidewalk miles away.

This isn't very exciting, but you should also report damages and cracks in your sidewalks. The city is very open about the fact that the Department of Public Works NEVER inspects sidewalks and only performs repairs in response to citizen complaints.

I believe this is the information for Virginia.

For Highways (Not cities or towns, nor Henrico or Arlington County)
http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/citizen.asp
Highway Helpline at (800) 367-ROAD. TTY users, call 711.

Arlington County
https://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/environmentalservices/cpe/concrete/resform.htm

Alexandria
http://www3.alexandriava.gov/tes/problem_reporting/input/

Sorry to everyone else, that is all I have for now.

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Funny, I always thought K street between 13th and 14th was the Memorial to Communist Russia...I guess I'll fill out the form now.

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