You’re driving down a street in the Richmond District, minding your own business, maybe humming along to the song on your radio when, BAM, your wheel hits a pothole, rattling your vehicle and making you grit your teeth in frustration. Inevitably you ask, “Why can’t this city keep our roads in good shape?”.
You may remember the first iteration of the #FewerPotholes campaign in 2017, spearheaded by District 1 Supervisor Sandra Fewer. Well, it’s game on again!
This June will be “Fewer Potholes Month” in the Richmond District and once again Public Works has committed a repair crew EXCLUSIVELY to the neighborhood for the month to repair all potholes reported by residents.
So now it’s your turn to pitch in with your pothole reports!
Fill out the form below (alternate link) for each pothole you want repaired. All we need is the closest street address to the offending hole (e.g. 123 Clement St). There’s no limit to the number of potholes you can report. As long as you submit it by May 20, SFPW will review the pothole report and make the repair.
A little clarification: a pothole is a defect in the street pavement, formally defined as “a depression or hollow in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence”. The “Fewer Potholes Month” campaign is seeking reports of potholes, not street repaving or sidewalk repairs. Please only use the form to report potholes that you find on the roadway within the Richmond District.
Last year we received 60 (valid) pothole reports as part of #FewerPotholes, but we think we can exceed that this year, don’t you? So get out there and find those potholes!
To report them, fill out the form below (alternate link) by May 20, and then watch the repair happen in June.
We also learned from Supervisor Sandra Fewer that Caltrans will begin repaving Park Presidio / Highway 1:
The Park Presidio / Hwy 1 project is scheduled to begin in mid to late May 2019 to pave two sections of Route 1 in San Francisco, including a one-mile section stretching from the San Mateo-San Francisco county line to Holloway Avenue, and a three-mile stretch between Lincoln Way and Park Presidio Avenue. The roadway between Holloway Avenue and Lincoln Way will be paved after the City of San Francisco completes a sewer and water pipeline upgrade in the corridor. To avoid traffic impacts, paving will be done at night, between 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM. The project is scheduled to take approximately one year to complete.
Sarah B.
