February 17, 2014 at 11:44 pm
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skeeter
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Pothole response time is pretty quick. One or two days. My wife and I have called in a lot of potholes.
The challenge is the pothole repairs have a limited life. A big rain combined with heavy traffic will tear those pothole repairs apart.
I don’t really have empirical data but I’ve got a decent amount of experience. Just drive around any of those towns I mentioned then drive around Seattle.
I asked Tom Rasmussen (chair of transportation committee) why other cities in the region had roads in better condition. He said he didn’t really have an answer but he did acknowledge Seattle has a 20+ year backlog of street maintenance.