Potholes, potholes, some streets remind me of the the Beatles hit "Long and Winding Road", except I would sing "Long and Bumpy Road" The citizens of this community are concerned about poor conditions of the roads and they should be. We have a capable public works department with employees that care and work hard maintaining the streets with out-dated equipment or just no equipment. We have to invest in high tech equipment immediately to resolve this issue. I drove throughout Barstow and found hundreds of potholes, including the one pictured above.
BARSTOW — Encouraged by last week’s discussion about scheduled road improvements, City Council Member Joe Gomez decided to ask the city to take road improvements a step further.
He suggested at Monday’s meeting that the city form a pothole patrol to go around a fix gaps in the pavement that can spell trouble and damage for motorists. He said he took a drive around Barstow to photograph some of the potholes.
“After traveling four or five roads, I sort of got discouraged, there were too many pictures, too many potholes,” Gomez said.
Potholes are a reoccurring problem in Barstow and while council members acknowledged that the city workers who fill potholes do a good job at providing short-term solutions, a long term fix is needed. Gomez asked the city staff to look at how other cities are handling their pothole problems and to compile a list of claims the city has received due to potholes.
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