Oakland is getting Gas Tax money to fix potholes. There will be a blitz to fix potholes from 6/15-7/31. The money is now available, Public Works has decided we are not worthy of street repairs, even though our neighborhood has had a building boom from 2005-2009, increasing Oakland's property tax revenues by the MILLIONS!
We now have over 2300 residents in a 4x4 block area and we are in another building boom which will bring in 123 new living units and close to 250 new residents.

WE ARE GETTING SCREWED!

"You need to write your council person until they make some money available."

We have been talking to them for over 2 1/2 years... got any more suggestions? The first SCF post on this was in December of 2012.

Why is it that some streets seem to get paving... hills... others in the flatlands... get ignored?

" It's like Baghdad in places."

That would be a step up for us... it's more like Somalia or West Africa here.

Apparently we finally got DPW off their collective butts. They were out there today fixing some of the holes at Chapman and Lancaster.

Word is:

"Welllll it worked! I was told by the guys out there today doing the work, that they were emailed a copy of that photo by a council member and told to get down here this week. apparently they'll be here today, tomorrow and Friday until it's done. "

Yay to all who helped and C who organized.

Too bad it took such a tragic event to finally get the attention of the city.

1057 views, 26 votes and DPW coming out? That is a success. I'm going to assume that this report bounced around OPW, maybe all the way t Brooke Levin, ( who received an email with the report embedded).
I spoke to many who had problems getting to SCF. I have found that when I am on my pad and sometimes phone, my comments and votes don't register. I always have to re-visit the site to make sure my activity made an appearance.

I am proud of my neighbors who had the energy to get outside and take action, instead of just siting at a computer punching keys.

There go our speed bumps...

I won't miss them!

WTF...

This block has not been fixed. Come on DPW... get it together and fix it before you try to close it. You fixed the 3000 and 3100 blocks of Chapman... NOT the 2900 or 2800 blocks.

PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!!

Are you @#$%&*^%$ NUTS?

The block where all the neighbors protested was NEVER touched! Try again DPW Chapman is a lawsuit just waiting to happen.

Attached is a photo taken yesterday, the pothole is 10'l ong x3' wide and 2.5" deep. All the gravel in the foreground is from the deterioration of the street. The 2900 block of Chapman has an inch deep of loose gravel along the side of the road