March 21, 2008
Mind The Gap
Now that Spring is officially here, we can retrospectively name Winter 2007–2008 "The Winter of the Pothole." As the snow dunes melt, an ever-growing number of colossal crevices are appearing on the city streets and highways. City crews are working overtime to patch up the damage, but Toronto already spent $1.3 million of its $4 million annual pothole budget by early March. Yikes.
So when are they going to deal with that crater in front of your house? To hasten the arrival of the road crews, call the City of Toronto's Transportation Services at 416-599-9090, Extension 164 and report your favourite pothole. While you're waiting, declare said pothole the sixth Great Lake and name it after your favourite City Councillor.
Photo by Karen Whaley.
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Travelling northbound on Bayview approaching Cummer Ave (or frankly any part of Bayview south of Steeles or north of Highway 7) I hit a pot hole in the darkness of the night. It was a huge one and it made a very loud bang, and rattled the entire car. I pulled into a parking lot and checked for damage. I didn't notice anything so I drove home.
Woke up in the morning and what do I see? My tire is as flat as flat gets. I think they've since repaired that specific pot hole, but for the time being I've taken on the York Region mentality of "drive left lane, pass on right" until these pot holes are fixed.
Parkdale's Gwynne Ave (southbound one way from Queen) - watch your wheels, cyclists especially!
West side of the lane is styling two deep chuckholes within the first block.
Who knows how long before these are patched.
Hey - be careful out there!
aberdeen avenue!! home sweet home. but yes, cycling on this one-way street is, well, interesting.
Seriously... is anyone responsible when badly/not-at-all maintained roads hurt your car?
Unplowed snow/ice in February caused $300 worth of damage to my car--all from driving the same route I take every day.
Manning is one huge pothole right now. Euclid too. Actually.. pretty much all downtown one-way roads are a disaster. The Gardiner has actually been okay with filling its share this winter.