Operation Pothole in Watts

A Russian ad agency shows its displeasure with potholes by creatively shaming politicians into fixing them. The translation is roughly: "Patching repairs will be completed by the end of April 2012." Taken from the blog "This is Colossal" (click image to visit).

Do you live in or travel through Watts? Are you stymied by the potholes there? 15th District Councilman and Chairman of the City Council’s Public Works Committee Joe Buscaino  plans to come to your rescue.

Following up on efforts made in Wilmington, San Pedro, Harbor City, and Harbor Gateway, he is launching Operation Pothole in Watts.

On Saturday, January 26, a two-man crew from the Bureau of Street Services will spend an 8-hour shift filling as many potholes as possible.

Do you have suggestions for where they should begin? Click here to fill out a brief report on the location of potholes you’d like repaired.

 

 

 

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

The Pothole That Ate Manhattan. And a Small Child.

By Sahra Sulaiman |
There are potholes and then there are POTHOLES. Potholes that can send you headfirst over your handlebars. Potholes that can destroy your rims. Potholes that can consume small children. Wait, what? Yes, we discovered on the Central Ave. Experience Bike Ride on Sunday, some potholes are capable of eating small children. When the carrier he […]

Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Pothole Be Gone!

By Sahra Sulaiman |
Just this past Wednesday, I wrote about how a pothole of epic proportions had bounced a small child out of his carrier and nearly been his undoing. Returning from Watts yesterday, I was speechless to find it paved over. “Stunned” is probably a better word. For the past year and a half, I have watched the […]