8 months later Pot Holes Repaired !!!

[AMP]

Great news, the city finally repaired the giant pot holes near our office today.  Only took 8 months.  Glad they got to it before the storming rain season hits.

[inteller]

yeah, well ODOT still hasnt filled the CRATERS surrounding downtoen on the IDL.  the BA to hwy 75 exit is RIDICULOUS.

[Kiah]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

yeah, well ODOT still hasnt filled the CRATERS surrounding downtoen on the IDL.  the BA to hwy 75 exit is RIDICULOUS.

Yeah, they've really been slacking off . . . .

Filling Potholes Turns Deadly
KOTV - 3/15/2007 9:38 PM - Updated 3/16/2007 12:21 PM

A man working to fill potholes on a busy Tulsa highway Thursday afternoon is hit by a car and killed. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the victim, 23-year-old Joshua McCance was part of a crew that was filling potholes on the Broken Arrow Expressway. Because overpasses and interchanges don't leave a lot of room for pothole crews to work, the News On 6's Ashli Sims reports this tragic accident shows if drivers aren't careful, it can be deadly.

"Certainly something you dread to see occur. It's a terrible thing," said Tulsa Fire Captain Larry Bowles. It was a shocking scene that shook up emergency workers and construction workers alike. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there was a three-man crew with the truck. The crew was working to fill potholes on the Broken Arrow Expressway, when tragedy struck.

"A white vehicle was in the middle lane of travel, veered to the shoulder and struck the truck from behind," said Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Ricky Humdy.

Joshua McCance, who was on the back of the truck was hit and killed. "I just hate it," said Martin Stewart of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. "Our CPI employee was just six months on, of course family and all that. It's just tragic."

The driver of the car, Paula Welch was taken to a Tulsa hospital. She was later released. State transportation officials say the truck's emergency lights were flashing and so was the flashing arrow lights on the truck itself. OHP troopers say they don't know what caused the white car to veer on to the shoulder. They say it should serve as a wake up call to all drivers to give workers on the side of the road some space.

"People just don't realize how fast 55 miles per hour is until you stand out here on the side of the road, how dangerous that is. It don't take 30 miles an hour to kill ya," said Humdy.

"Highways are a very dangerous place for construction workers, policemen, firefighters," said Bowles. "It's a very hazardous atmosphere when you've got that much weight and mass moving at that kind of speed."

OHP troopers say they found drugs in Welch's car. The accident is still under investigation, but Welch could be charged with at negligent homicide.

The road crew works for CP Integrated Services which contracts with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for highway repairs in Tulsa County.

[YoungTulsan]

10 bucks says a rain shower comes through tomorrow and opens it up bigger than before.

The potholes they fill by patting down some asphault into the hole with a shovel come undone the first time it rains.  The ones where they actually cut out and replace a section of the street and steamroll it down work a little better.  Either way, our streets look like a war-battered country's.

[YoungTulsan]

I feel bad for the guy who got killed.  They should both make an example out of the idiot driver who killed him (especially if it turns out she was on drugs) with harsh jail time, and also evaluate a better way of protecting highway workers (perhaps blocking the lane they are working in by a greatly increased distance).

[AMP]

They sprayed some sticky oil substance down first in about 4x4 foot pattern.  Then they shoveled asphalt over that section, filling in the holes and left the patches 18 in all,.at least 2 to 4 inches higher than the existing street.

So now when you drive down the street you still cannot have a cup of coffee, or any equipment that would come dislodged from a War Torn Third World type street surface.  

I am hoping this is just a peliminary deal and the lay down asphalt machine is heading here soon to re-habilitate the street properly.  

I will post photos of the repair thus far tomorrow.  If this is the final repair, I am not understanding the concept at this time.

[YoungTulsan]

Most of the pothole filling in town consists of just filling the hole with the asphault.  I think our tires are supposed to do the rest of the work by mashing them downward.   It is a horrible shoddy job of patching potholes.  Nothing against the good folks doing the work, but that is what they are left to do with the money available versus the hundreds of miles of tattered and worn streets in the city.

[Conan71]

Pot holes?  Isn't that what exploding seeds do to a stoners shirt?

[sgrizzle]

I really don't like their asphalt-dumping in the middle of traffic method. I'm surprised more workers aren't hurt as I see them playing frogger while they throw asphalt between moving cars.

It's not solving the problem and it's really dangerous.

[tulsa1603]

Considering our temperature variations, you'd think we would have this figured out by now.  What do they do up north where long spans of freezing temps.

[grahambino]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

Considering our temperature variations, you'd think we would have this figured out by now.  What do they do up north where long spans of freezing temps.

maybe they actually use concrete when they build roads?

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

Considering our temperature variations, you'd think we would have this figured out by now.  What do they do up north where long spans of freezing temps.

maybe they actually use concrete when they build roads?

What is this "con crete" you speak of?

[DM]

recycled tires is the way to go.