Oakland street crews filled an estimated 2,700 potholes over the past six weeks, city officials said Monday, announcing the start of a pothole repair blitz now that the winter storms have passed.
The rains have stopped--at least for now--but the toll they've taken on Oakland's roads can no longer be ignored. When Jennifer Gembe Ramirez gets into her car and heads up 73rd Avenue, it feels more like a slalom course.
"It looks like a war zone, and mortars went off everywhere," said Derrick Harris, who lost two tires because of the potholes. "I've been deployed a few times and I've seen better roads in Iraq and Afghanistan than I've seen in Oakland.""Um, my suspension broke because of the potholes," he said. "They're horrible and I spent, like, $1,200 to fix it.
"Today, we're focused on the hot topic," said Mayor Sheng Thao. "Of course, it's the"Pothole Blitz."
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