Comments on: West Seattle road work: See this year’s SDOT repaving list

By: JAT

JAT — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:17:22 +0000

@ Marty I agree that developers who cut holes in streets paved at public expense often do a shoddy job of patching their holes.
@ Rick – jeez – you fix the damn potholes, then!
@ NW – while I agree that the Find It Fix It app is bizarre in that it requires you to have your location settings on as if the designer envisions us reporting these problems as we drive…, none of us like you SHOUTING at us.
@ Anonymous – I agree the pothole fixing team’s responsiveness is awesome.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:40:53 +0000

Wow!!! I reported the two potholes on my street at 4:30 yesterday (right when I commented) and once I made it home from work around 6:00 the city was on my street filling the holes! Super impressed!

By: NW

NW — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:39:10 +0000

ATTENTION YOU BEHIND THE WHEEL IF YOU CONCENTRATE MORE WHILE DRIVING ,TEN SECONDS AHEAD, AND PUT THOSE SMARTPHONES AWAY ,QUIT SELFISHLY PUTTING OTHERS IN DANGER, YOU CAN ALOS KEEP A BETTER EYE OUT FOR POTHOLES AND KEEP US ALL INCLUDING YOURSELF ALOT SAFER. PULL OVER DO YOUR TEXTING ,AND REPORTING POTHOLES TO THE CITY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NOT WHILE DRIVING 30 mph. Thank you

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:14:53 +0000

Well gosh golly darn it all, if we just raised all the WSDOT salaries this would all be fixed. The problem here is not THEM, it is US.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:42:03 +0000

Avalon Way is a mess. It was resurfaced, but patches from new condos hooking up to water etc. we’re never done correctly. Seems that the builders should be responsible…

By: wetone

wetone — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 01:37:29 +0000

Went down 63rd towards the beach last night big chuck holes be careful hurt my neck and my front end. Thinking of filing claim with city. This city has really fallen behind on maintenance of our intercity roads. The longer they let them go the more costly it will be to fix, along with causing damage to what’s under them in places. But I guess they really don’t have the money with all their cost overruns on 520, 99 tunnel, and the million dollar a mile bike path on Capitol Hill : (

By: anonymous123

anonymous123 — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:30:51 +0000

Thanks!! I just reported both of the ones on our street. Let’s see how long it takes to have them filled.

By: wsn00b

wsn00b — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:18:01 +0000

Thanks for following up WSB.

The answer from SDOT makes me sad. Next vehicle change (that we were thinking of doing this year) will be a large 4×4 with a nice cushy off-road grade suspension.

By: Azimuth

Azimuth — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:17:38 +0000

That’s a decent January SDOT to-do list. Where’s the complete list of road to be resurfaced for 2014? Sigh…

By: M

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:50:48 +0000

The “Find It, Fix It” app from the city allows you to report potholes.

By: trickycoolj

trickycoolj — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:50:25 +0000

I presume the Sylvan Way section is the section that runs parallel to the cemetery? It’s like an obstacle course trying to avoid the holes over there.

Next on my wishlist would be 35th SW in front of the VW shop/Walgreens southbound inside lane. The previous shoddy pools of asphalt covering cracked concrete makes it feel like a dirt road. I wish they would just cut out whole sections and do proper repairs instead of asphalt bandaids.

By: WSB

WSB — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:49:59 +0000

In reply to anonymous123.

Yes! Call them in to 206-684-ROAD or report online at http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/potholereport.htm
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There’s also a map you can check to see if it’s already on the list, though I wouldn’t let that stop you from reporting it again:
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http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/potholes/

By: anonymous123

anonymous123 — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 21:45:51 +0000

Is there somewhere that we can report potholes to be put on a list to get filled eventually? We live down a dead-end road and there are two huge potholes that I doubt will ever get filled because it’s very rare for anyone that doesn’t live on our street to drive down it.