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Originally Posted by SutterBrother
I've found this as well. For years I would just look at busted stuff and do nothing. But this one time there was a street sign dangling vertically by one screw over an intersection like a guillotine, and I felt obligated to dial 311.
It was fixed the next day.
Then folks started blowing through the stop sign intersection next to my house. It was because there were no street markings and a huge tree was blocking the view sign.
A week later the tree was trimmed back, and brand new street markings were laid down. Haven't heard anyone lean on the horn in months now!
I figure the 311 folks are just sitting there waiting for the phone to ring. When they do it's all "red alert! scramble trucks! deploy deploy deploy!"
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In a city with over 1.2 million I'm sure there will be some requests that take time or maybe are not deemed possible but I have had nothing but good experiences with 311. I would encourage anyone that has concerns about potholes or anything city related to use 311 as it's beneficial to everyone.
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Maybe this year ends up being worse, maybe it doesn't, but I think people are forgetting how bad last year was. It was almost a record
Either way, I look forward to having the exact same discussion next March as well. It's always the worst year
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I'm not debating it was bad last year as it was. As a driver of strictly cars (save for one SUV) over my life I have always run vehicles with lower profile tires making it necessary to pay more attention to road conditions and to me it seems like the roads are getting worse as another poster noted the city is using a lot more road salt than decades past which probably factors in with a growing population. The way things are trending I wouldn't be surprised the least if next spring is worse because they can only re-pave so many roads in a summer season.