Update (one and a half month since my last post) - the 400 block of Semmes Dr. remains unfixed. I even called the City Manager's office several weeks ago and was told that the City Manager's office had no control over the project (????) but the streets department supervisor would call me with an update. To date no calls have been received or messages left on my answering machine. Again, that was several weeks ago ... a trend that has replayed over and over for several years. Meanwhile chunks of pavement keep peeling off daily/weekly with absolutely no apparent efforts by the City have been made to even temporarily repair the massive problem. It is quite a joke at this point. If anything is planned in the near future, it must be top secret. I still challenge anyone in authority to drive that block of Semmes and convince me that it is in FAIR condition.

Although a repair attempt was made, the repeated promises of a total repave never came to fruition. Today, almost 3.5 years after my first comment, the condition remains VERY questionable. Year after year I was told "next year." "Next year" never came. Understand that I was thankful for the better than average repair attempt some time ago. All previous attempts to just fill in many of the hundreds of potholes was a total waste of city/whatever resources. Other Pine Valley streets were totally repaved and their conditions paled to Semmes condition. I am closing this account because I no longer live on Semmes and it is not MY concern any longer. However, I feel compassion for the remaining neighbors who have to put up with the condition. As the City told me over and over for some 5+ years ... "maybe in next year's budget, we just can't afford it now."