What needs to be done now

It doesn't take a genius to see what is happening.

Here is a roadway we are watching on Lakeview Blvd. near the RR tracks between Summit and Iron Mt. Rd.  The road is slowly falling into Springwater Creek 
ravine. 

You can see that the cracks in the asphalt have progressed halfway into the right lane in the last 15 months.  Someone put something to ease the erosion under the guardrail, but it isn't doing much to hold the posts into place.

How long will this road last without substantial repairs?  What will it look like when it finally gives way?  It's like watching a train wreck in very slow motion - it's hard not to look.    

In the first version of the Transportation System Plan, this project didn't make the CIP list at all, but new roadways in the Foothills district were given top priority.  The TSP was changed for its adopted version, but the city needs asphalt on the ground to preserve our infrastructure.  Our roads should be given top priority before anyone considers new bikeways or sidewalks - after all, people and bikes use the roads too!  

October 2, 2013                                          January 2015

January 2015

Pavement has slumped more since 10/2013 (15 months); 
old, rusted guardrail is breaking on uphill end and is falling into ravine.  

Please be careful driving on this curve and stay on the road!