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Hizzoner's pothole blitz
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DOT planning to fix 25,000 sites citywide
By JAMES RUTENBERO Daily News SlaM Writer Mayor Giutiani yesterday announced an all-out assault on the No I scourge plaguing city driven -- the estimated 25,000 potholes across town that wreak havoc on axles, wheel rims and dental work. ‘We’re announcing a pothole repair blitz, which is designed to Via thousands and thousands of potholes throughout the City of New York,” said Ciuliani, who called Operation Pothole Blitz past of his ongoing quality-of-life campaign “I think this is a wonderful thing to do” For the next II weeks, Department of Transportation crews will work every weekday to plug the estimated 25,000 potholes identified by agency surveyors and fed-up residents. As opposed to the usual four pothole crews that work sporadically, seven to 12 teams will be activated to tackle the problem. DOT Commissioner Wilbur Chapman said the crews will targets different borough each day They also will fill any new potholes they come across that have not been reported. The asphalt blitz is a city attempt to have all of the completing craters filled before the first freeze, officials said. ‘Our new crew level is such- and their dedication level is such- that we’re definitely going to beat this by winter,” Chapman said. City records show the department has stepped up its efforts to plug potholes over the pastycar Crews filled 64309 in fiscal 1997 and another 71833 in fiscal l998. The “Mayor’s Management Report” also shows that crews responded to pothole complaints more rapidly last year filling most within 30 days about 44% of the time, as opposed to 28% of the time the year before. Still, potholes are considered the mosdangerousus road hazard facing city motorists--cosung them an estimated $382 million in auto repairs a year, according to one recent study. “We get a lot of cars in here because of potholes,” said Robert Choo, endanager of Fleet Auto Repair in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “We get broken axles, under- carnage damage, torn oil pans-- we do quite well with those”. Grulsam formally announced the campaign by waering an orange DOT vest and helping to fill a footwide, half-foot-deep crater on 64th St. near Queens BlvdWoodsidedssde, Queens. Residents said it was a welcome sight. ‘That one’s been there for two years,” said Raymond Ortix, 46, a porter, pointing to the crGiulianoliani helped fill. “Once I saw the whole front drop otaxicabxscab after it hit it,”. Anthony Fasulo, DOT second deputy commissioner, said the agency is using new techniques that promise to keep a hole plugged for at least three years. He asked that anyone who sees a pothole report it to the DOT at (212/718) CALL DOT. |
 FILL ‘ER UP: Mayor Giullani, flankeDOT COMMISSIONERioner Wilbur Chapman (I.) and DOT worker, fills a pothole at 64th St. and Queens BlvdWoodsidedslde, Queens, yesterday as Hizzoner kicks off Operation Pothole Blitz. NEW YORK CITY DOT HAS PURCHASED 45 DCR-1600 VIBRATORY ROLLERS. THE CITY OF St LOUIS, MO, PURCHASED 10 UNITS. A MULTITUDE OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL DOT’S HAVE PURCHASED THE DCR-1 600 TO REPAIR THEIR POT HOLES. |
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