I had to stop at a friend's house on Saturday to pick something up. I saw a large pothole in front of their place, took a few minutes to snap a photo and report it to the city, and... it just got filled in.

Reported on Saturday, fixed on Monday.

I don't know how to convince more people to do this.

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2024/02/20/fixing-potholes/

#mke #milwaukee

Fixing Potholes

Let's see how quickly a pothole gets filled in...

RasterWeb!

@rasterweb
That's a great response time.
I don't think our local councils can afford to do that so efficiently here.

Also, the road I live on is unadopted so no one is responsible, though technically all the house owners here would be jointly responsible.
No such luck given the houses are nearly all rentals. The landlords won't care.
So for the last 30 years, as one of three owner occupiers, I have been the one fixing the potholes and repairing/replacing the stone sets.

I am getting a bit tired of it, to be honest.

@Maker_of_Things Last year when I was biking to and from work there was this one pothole I kept avoiding, then finally after a week of swerving around it I took a photo, reported it, and it got fixed a few days later.

I just need to shake people until they do the same thing!

@rasterweb
I agree. People need to realise that it is fairly easy to do that.
Even if the authority can't fix it quickly, or at all, the report is still logged and recorded as an issue people are concerned about, both for future budgets, and for insurance claims.