Two weeks after the Queens Chronicle published a story on two giant holes in the middle of 101st Street in Ozone Park, the city has filled them up.
How good of a job it did is another question.
The depressions in the street — bigger than normal potholes, but smaller than what are typically seen as a sinkhole — were located in the middle of the street about a third of the way between 101st and 103rd avenues. Each hole had a traffic cone in it to keep cars from hitting it.
That clearly hadn’t worked as the holes were filled with debris that appeared to have come from vehicles, including pieces of bumpers and headlights.
The holes were filled early last week, but a quick glance at the newly poured asphalt show tiny holes developing already, likely as a result of cars driving over the material before it was completely dry.
7 comments:
Does nobody look at the road when driving? This is like the idiot bikers who get their wheel stuck in rail tracks.
The city is incapable of filling pot holes, planting trees, and fixing sewer leaks.
Just keep in mind that the asphalt is poured over a hole that frequently is 12" in depth...
They don't "fill" the holes... just mask them with a layer of asphalt!
This has been the norm in most towns in southeastern Queens,the most neglected part of the boro.As a biker(non-idiot),when I see these little potholes I have to swerve away and there were times when I almost got clipped by a speeding car.Is it too much to ask to even do a half-assed job.
I have also seen potholes that are covered with the corner trashcan.
Looks more like a small sinkhole not a pothole.
Sink holes are caused by an underground leak washing away earth. Many times they are found by manhole covers. If you don't fix the leak, hole will reform. Holes filled and reformed several times are located at intersection of 91 ave - 111 street, and 116 st just north of Liberty ave.
They dont need a patch. they need the whole street dug up and recondition the soil and all the piping underneath.
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