Who wants road construction? I do!
While scooting up 3rd Ave S, on my way home from softball practice, I saw some fresh markings on the road south of 94. The city has painted big X-marks over some of the patching that had been done in years past that has formed small bumps. I’m not sure what the markings indicate, whether there is work going to be done to smooth out these unplanned speed bumps, but I can’t help but notice there is no paint around any of the canyon-like potholes gaping all over town. These things are big enough to swallow my scooter whole and maybe even a small VW. At night, they’re even more hazardous, when they appear to be shadows. I keep expecting the Millennium Falcon to shoot out of one of these followed by a space worm.
C’mon, Minneapolis, are too many resources tied up in beautification projects on Lake Street and on Lyndale Ave? The potholes are getting bigger and bigger each day. Maybe the city is just waiting until the whole road disintigrates and they can save money for putting in trolley lines.
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“C’mon, Minneapolis, are too many resources tied up in beautification projects on Lake Street and on Lyndale Ave?”
Nope, it’s that the Governor simply refuses to pass the first increase in the gas tax in like 30 years. Our roads are a complete disaster because Timmy P has refused to budge on his taxes obsession.
I can attest to the condition of 3rd Ave too… ride my bike up there to the office frequently during warmer months. They have patched up SOME of the problems spots, but there’s quite a bit more work that needs to be done.