Letter to the Editor, Honolulu StarAdvertiser, December 13, 2015
Hitting a pothole is always nerve-wracking, but on a weekly basis, city Department of Facility Maintenance crews patch between 500 to 1,500 potholes islandwide (“City administration neglecting potholes,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Dec. 8).
From weather, staff and equipment availability, the number of potholes repaired each week is dependent on a number of factors, including calls to the city’s Pothole Hotline and reports to the city’s website.
Since the start of the year, city crews patched nearly 46,000 potholes across Oahu, and DFM remains committed to filling potholes as soon as they appear.
We ask the community to call the Pothole Hotline at 768-7777 to report them as soon as they appear, or go to http://www.honolulu.gov/dfm/pothole to complete a form.
The city will continue patching potholes to ensure drivers have a smooth surface to ride on until the remaining 570 lane miles of the island’s worst roads are repaved.
Meanwhile, DFM is rolling out a preventative maintenance program utilizing slurry seal and seal coating to keep roads in good condition.
Ross Sasamura
Director, City and County Department of Facility Maintenance
