Mayor Bill de Blasio says pothole-ravaged New York City streets are going to get a lot smoother.
De Blasio unveiled a rebuilt Brooklyn Department of Sanitation plant which will be able to churn out asphalt much more quickly than before.
That will come in handy after a brutal winter that wreaked havoc on the city’s roads.
Since Jan. 1, the city has patched 338,000 potholes. That’s more than twice the number fixed during the same period last year.
The city also has repaved 173 miles of streets this year.
De Blasio noted that his budget contains $226 million to repave 1,000 lane miles of streets.
The money will also go to repairing 400,000 potholes and repaving streets badly damaged by the winter storms or 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.
(AP)
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While potholes are important, first come the potheads.
Really now. Where do we live that when it comes to voting these potheads in to office our only concern, hence their campaigning is yeshivos, then when they want to prove their potency its measured by potholes. Cleaning snow which happens like 5 times a year (a storm worthy of taking credit for) is another way of proving he’s accomplishing. Oh that’s a terrific job mayor! Oh and I forgot pushing another teachers unions double raise, back dated to the first time it was requested….. bug off. They get to stay home till much later than the rest of us. They get soo mamy perks, free reserved parking for every city worker is another thievery or land grab.
Mayor my rating for you is negative 100. (Same as for bloomy.)