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Comments by scooterboy

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Posted on February 19 at 3:57 p.m.

Road Rage?

I've noticed that UCSB has been notoriously slow lately in fixing things basic like campus roadways. Sure they're going 100% building that expensive 5th Engineering building or whatever, but what about the fundamentals? Aren't fixing roads with major damage a top issue? Where are the priorities and planning and immediate response to things like this?

Several patches of the main asphalt arteries in the heart of the campus roads have needed repair for years. These have now become severely damaged due to the recent storm we had. I can't believe they're not at least temporarily filling the potholes with asphalt--it's been weeks! The main campus roads have tons of huge pot holes, some the size of kiddie pools, which are dangerous for cars that swerve to dodge them. They're also extra hazardous to motorcycle riders. Just ask one. They're probably missing a filling from the last one they survived head-on.

If this was off-campus those potholes would have been fixed immediately by CalTrans or whatever ASAP. Currently UCSB is working feverishly to complete some kind of cosmetic improvement to the HWY 217 gateway. Hello? What's going on UCSB? Anybody home? Let's make and keep our roadways safe for everyone.

Mike

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