There has been a sharp increase in flat tires in Lakewood over the last couple of months, tire repair shops, as well as Chaveirim, tell TLS, and they’re blaming it on poor road conditions. One local tire repair shop says their flat tire repairs jobs have more than doubled over the last two monts. Chaveirim tells TLS, they have also seen a significant increase in flat tire calls over the last few months.
To give you an idea of just how many motorists are getting flat tires, a Chaveirim dispatcher says Chaveirim gets a minimum of 15 calls for flat tires, daily.
Although some of the tires are fixed with a ‘plug’, many require a full replacement. Plugs, however, can only be inserted into the center of the tire, and not on the outer ‘smooth’ part of the tire.
“Tires are definitely taking a beating because of the potholes”, Ari of Retired Auto tells TLS.
So whose responsibility is it to fix the potholes?
That depends on who the road belongs to.
Last year, TLS submitted to Menashe Miller a DPW a reader-submitted list of dozens of Township road potholes in need for repair, which was given to the DPW. Those potholes were since corrected.
However, with the Winter season comes more road problems and even potholes properly filled with Hot-Patches, can come out during the harsh Winter, DPW says.
DPW Superintendent Tony Arrechi tells TLS they have a crew out every day filling potholes.
As a temporary solution in the cold weather, Arrechi says, the holes are filled with Cold Patches, which are then replaced with Hot Patches intended for longer use.
Should you see – or feel – a pothole, feel free to submit the location of the pothole in the comments section, which we will forward to the appropriate parties. TLS.
County Line Rd. & Park Ave. has a really bad pothole!!
thanx to tls for this service how about having the same idea for broken street lamps?
I’m buying a horse!I had enough of those flat tires.
Thank you to DPW for filling in the crater pocked area of North Lake Drive between Oak Knoll and Cedar Row! There are a few new ones but experience has shown that you guys will ge there.
BTW-Kudos for the increased lighting on that stretch of road!
At least someone is making money from all of these flat tires.
Hey fish tank, make sure your horse doesn’t throw a shoe(s) from those pot holes! 🙂
7 st. bet. new york ave. and summerset ave. has like 20 potholes . a few weeks ago i got a flat tire so i called dpw and they just fix a couple of them but its still VERY bad MY TAX MONEY WENT IN THE POTHOLE
Drive slower, more carefully and look where you’re going. You’ll miss the potholes.
to:#2 – service calls for non working street lights can be reported to the LPD Traffic safety division. Include the pole # if available and the nearest crossstreets. Requests for a new street light can be made in writing to Township Committee via the Township Manager. The DPW is only certified to repair the historic Street lights on Clifton Avenue from Main Street to Fifth Street. The replacement light for Second street, the one damaged Christmas day, has just arrived and will be installed next week.
i am begging you. The corner of prospect and route nine is in very bad condition and was not fixed since BEFORE LAST WINTER . probably cause the state blames the township and the township blames the state but its not fair to us. please finally someone fix it.
COUNTY LINE IS A DISASTER!! i heard that the town wont repair it cuz the want the county to do it. This is an outrage!!!!
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS OF CHAVEIRIM WHO HELP US RAIN OR SHINE—–DAY OR NIGHT
A whole bunch of………… Chestnut and Rt 9 has the same pot holes from last years snowstorm! And how about County Line between County Line Manor and Somerset!!!? Horrible. The DPW gave the same Bubba Maasa last year. Hot patches Cold Patches……….
This town is going to stay in derilict till we get rid of the old school and bring in fresh blood.
To #10 and #12 – Both locations are under the authority of the Ocean County Road Dept. We cannot make the repairs.
#10 They will not pave it until a new city water pipe line is installed from Ridge Rd to Alamitos. Anybody want to buy some hubcaps?
Driver slower and go around the potholes, not thru them. It can be done with a little care, until the potholes are fixed.
im opening a tire dealership in town. FREE tire replacement. Pls contact the DPW for deatails
To 10:01:They are currently running a sale on Shoe Horns!Any shoe knocked off into the pot hole can easily glide back onto the hoof!!!
i went up and down countyline today. bad spots are the state right of way at c’line & rt 9, state right of way at kennedy and rt 9, and the railroad crossing on c’line, wich falls in the rails right of way. i know the roads are bad, we are trying to keep up with them. oh yes, while i have the soap box, please respect the workers in the roadway. go slow and dont get so close. thanx.
maybe if people didnt talk on their cell phones and slow down a bit they could see and avoid bumps in the road cause i know that i do!!!
wish people could learn how to drive around here
The whole east end street is bad it’s like a roller coaster and tht small street called east end by 912 county line
just stay home we will all be better off!
DPW,,, thanks for all your hard work….
Tuscany terrace has about 10-15 pot holes, and u can’t even blame the salt cause we got salt just 1 time this whole winter
to #23 – Tuscanny Terr. has not been accepted by the Township yet as the developer has not final paved the street. Once the Township engineer inspects the location, approves it , we are notified and then assume responsibility.