Tacoma's Roads Need Help (17. May 2006, 06:31 by Derek Young) ~ Bump
Once upon a time when I was looking for a house I found a beautiful fixer in a great neighborhood. The price was right, but it was significantly larger than I had wanted…. because it was was such a mess. So I thought I could live in the front room while I fixed the first floor, then the second floor, and finally the third floor. At that point – years from now – I could start over again. Well, it sounds like our city’s roads are in a similar situation.
I could never really figure out how some roads in our town got repaved while others languished with potholes. How do we prioritize? Apparently, it’s more of a problem than I had imagined. The News Tribune is reporting that three quarters of our roads need repair and at our current rate it’ll take 220 years to finish them. The potential fix is a short term property tax hike… it only takes money.
I walk by that house every few days. I’m glad I didn’t go for it. I’d still be without a kitchen from what I can tell.
Link to the News Tribune
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I didn’t see anything about the unpaved roads and roads without sidewalks. If they are going to do something lets just do it all!
1 | Posted by Jake | May 17, 07:44 AM
There are plenty of unfinished bike lanes in Tacoma’s non-motorized transportation element of the comprehensive plan. I sent Bill Evans a message relating to that. Also, from what I read in the article – they’re going to be paving all of the brick and cobblestone roads. Shouldn’t the historic preservation people be jumping to their feet right about now?
2 | Posted by Chris | May 17, 11:46 AM
I’m jumping up and down… and my co-workers are concerned. I’ll sit back down now.
I like the cobbles in my neighborhood. It makes the traffic a lot more predictable and slows cars down. Every once in a while we’ll see some car hit the cobblestone street at speed… ahhh the excitement on their faces when they hit the first dip in the road.
I agree: leave the cobble. (Fun to bike on! Or something…)
Yeah, the bike lanes suck. You can’t even get in/out of downtown on bike lanes. Another bike-related thing is that oftentimes a bad patch job can actually make things worse than a pothole…
Big problem with many facets here. Hopefully no one is too hasty about any of the choices that are made.
Are they crazy!?
Pave over our historic cobblestone and brick roads?! What are they thinking?!
Historic roads add character to a neighborhood and are much better for pedestrian safety than asphalt roads.
We need MORE historic roads not LESS!
5 | Posted by morgan | May 18, 11:52 AM
Enough with the asphalt love. Potholes force traffic to slow down. Good for the rest of us who enjoy neighborhoods for some reason other than blowing through.
Shouldn’t we be making a more substantial commitment to funding infrastructure for public transportation modes that don’t require so much land for use and storage? And cost so much to operate – $3+ per gallon?
6 | Posted by Wildono | May 20, 02:47 PM
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