If you’ve been driving around town recently, you’ll have noticed a smoother drive, on many roads. That’s because the potholes you’ve been feeling over the last few months are beginning to get filled, permanently. Until now, potholes were filled with a temporary patch, also known as a ‘Cold Patch, until the weather improved and a permanent ‘Hot Patch’ could take its place.
The Hot Patches are filled with tar and properly paved with Steam Rollers. (Pictured, on a Lakewood road yesterday).
In February and March, many residents complained about potholes around town which were in desperate need of immediate attention. In response, TLS compiled a reader-submitted list of the larger potholes, which we forwarded to the appropriate parties.
As the weather improved, so did the roads.
If there are potholes you know of which have not yet been submitted, please list them in the comments section or send us an email with the information, and we will forward it to the appropriate parties.
Thanks DPW, yes, we did notice.
#1 maybe you noticed, but there are certain roads that are still atrocious. Chestnut, County Line, and even Route 9 are still in horrible condition.
to #2 Those are state and county roads. They maintain those roads.
Anybody know who we can point to for changing the green arrow on Route 9 North at County Line Road to AFTER the green as opposed to BEFORE the green? The whole point of the arrow is to clear the intersection from the left turners who are stopping the traffic behind them.
What about the redesigning of County Line Road from Ardenwood eastward toward Madison? Wow, who thought of that? They made a road that had (relatively) smooth flowing traffic into a bottleneck. There is ALWAYS traffic and backup on County Line Road in both directions. Then Forest and Clifton get all backed up because no one can turn on to County Line!
YOU SHOULD BE EMBARESSED TO SAY THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR ROADS. ON RIDGE AVE , BEHIND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE ROAD IS UNBEARABLE. A POLICE CAR BLEW OUT A TIRE THERE DURING THE WINTER. EVERY DEPT. IN OUR LOCAL GOVT., IS SHIFTING THE BLAME. UNFORTUNATLY MOTORISTS ARE FORCED TO USE THIS ROADWAY DURING SCHOOL SESSIONS. OTHER THAN THAT I HAVE SEEN LITTLE IMPROVEMENT TO OUR STREETS.
ridge avenue behind the high school is terrible! i drive there every day and i get a huge headache from the bumps in the road. i wish something could be done
Forest ave is full of bumpy patches, that shake you up & hurt your back, since shortly after it was repaved about 10 years ago.
many streets at intersections by west county-line have holes or
soft patches that need repair
come on it takes like 20 years to get one road done in lakewood this place is like amish town
Whoever redesigned the traffic pattern on County Line Rd. wasn’t thinking straight. Now the traffic backs up more than ever because instead of two lanes and a turning lane, you have one lane and a turning lane. I think it is a government conspiracy.
Did anyone notice how they removed a couple of trees by county line near ridge. Wouldn’t you like to have that contract?
County line road/Lanes mill rd are disasters.
Stop shifting blame and get it done.
We pay enough taxes.
Thanks for removing the trees on the corner of county line rd and ridge
Stop shifting the blame.
Just fix County Line and Lanes Mill.
We pay enough taxes.
why bother paving? how many times have roads been paved flat and in 6 months a contractor digs them up to supply utilities to another large group of condos, and the patch they do falls apart in weeks example, Pine street!
First off THANK YOU LAKEWOOD DPW!
Second, we as a community should come together and request all
new streets and repaving of streets be done in concrete. According to
the American Concrete Pavement Association concrete roadways last
an average of 25 years in the NY metropolitan area with need for little
maintenance before being repaved, while asphalt roadways last an
average 8 years before needing to be repaved. Also they reflect more
light at night requiring less street lights or road reflectors and during
the day can keep urban temperatures as many as 10 degrees lower
due to light reflection. Lakewood could easily convert many streets to
concrete without ripping up the asphalt by whitetopping. Whitetopping
is putting a thin layer of reinforced concrete over asphalt and sections
can be done and open to traffic in as little as 12 hours. Ultimately
taxpayers will save money due to less road maintenance and fewer
repairs to cars from poor road surfaces.