http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/04/20/la-jollas-councilwoman-digging-into-pothole-issue/ Enlightening La Jolla since 1913 Wed, 15 May 2013 18:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.lajollalight.com/2011/04/20/la-jollas-councilwoman-digging-into-pothole-issue/#comment-147412 Keith Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:57:55 +0000 http://lajollalight.mscsddev.com/?p=39662#comment-147412 If this article is correct, the City happily left three of four pothole filling trucks out of action for weeks. Meanwhile, an entire fleet of contractors turned up in our street yesterday and started digging it up to add one extra streetlight, next to what they consider an intersection (a dead end which T-junctions into the main street). Apparently the City is putting in 30 such extra streetlights around town in similar situations not because those intersections are unsafe or because people have requested them but because the City traffic control department has decided they want to do it. No notice was given of course, let alone consultation. I do not know how much this is costing, but given the amount of street being dug up for conduit (a two day job, plus they will return to do footings and then plant the lights in a few weeks) this must be one expensive job - done by private contractors, working with City Inspectors and Designers. Apparently the same autonomous department of the City that can't stay on top of the potholes has far more money to waste on things we don't know we need than you would like you to think. Thank you City! You know so much better than the voters! Seriously, it's just as well voters voted down that extra half percent sales tax last year... otherwise we'd probably have the same number of potholes and 60 new streetlights by now... If this article is correct, the City happily left three of four pothole filling trucks out of action for weeks. Meanwhile, an entire fleet of contractors turned up in our street yesterday and started digging it up to add one extra streetlight, next to what they consider an intersection (a dead end which T-junctions into the main street). Apparently the City is putting in 30 such extra streetlights around town in similar situations not because those intersections are unsafe or because people have requested them but because the City traffic control department has decided they want to do it. No notice was given of course, let alone consultation. I do not know how much this is costing, but given the amount of street being dug up for conduit (a two day job, plus they will return to do footings and then plant the lights in a few weeks) this must be one expensive job – done by private contractors, working with City Inspectors and Designers. Apparently the same autonomous department of the City that can't stay on top of the potholes has far more money to waste on things we don't know we need than you would like you to think. Thank you City! You know so much better than the voters! Seriously, it's just as well voters voted down that extra half percent sales tax last year… otherwise we'd probably have the same number of potholes and 60 new streetlights by now…

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