Like elsewhere, Madera is losing much-needed jobs. It is encouraging to see that the Madera County Road Department has created a position of pothole identifier.

Driving on Avenue 17 recently I noticed a white ring painted around selected potholes. Thirty to 60 days (maybe even two months) later someone put a little cold patch in these selected pot holes. There were others close by, even a shovel handle’s length away, but no, only those selected ones got the cold patch.

I guess this stems from the Clinton lesson on what is. Is is or is is not? At Avenue 17 and Golden State we have a new hotel. Someone got the cart before the horse and put an island in the middle of the road. The city side is paved with curbs and gutters; however, the north side (still in the county) is just half done. Navigating west from the freeway you have to turn right, bounce over that “new” patch and then turn left to get back in your lane on westbound 17. This “new” patch already has a white ring around it so the pothole identifier must play golf.

How did this happen? Wasn’t this contract work? Did this hole fall out of the asphalt truck and go unnoticed? This is a factory pothole, and needs to be fixed by the contractor. If the Road Department needs another pothole identifier, I am qualified. I know one when I see (feel) one.

Bill Hoffrage,
Madera

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