September 16, 2016
Dear Mayor Patterson:
I would like to bring to your attention an important issue on behalf of my friends and neighbors living in the Harborview Knolls neighborhood. That issue is the serious deterioration of the streets in our neighborhood, specifically, the following:
East O Street from East Fifth Street to East Third Street
East N Street from East Fifth Street to East Third Street
The pavement on these streets is seriously failing, and in some cases such as the section of East O near the carwash has completely failed, with cracks up to 6 inches, potholes, and erosion. These defects pose a safety hazard, especially to motorcyclists in the winter when the streets are wet. One must slow to a crawl to drive a car along the street to avoid serious vibration. We have seen motorists driving in the opposite lane to avoid potholes. It is literally like driving on a dirt road.
These streets get a substantial amount of traffic and are located at a major gateway to Benicia (East Fifth Street off-ramp). East N Street goes right past the Holiday Inn Express, giving visitors and tourists a first-hand look at the disrepair of Benicia’s streets. East O is adjacent to a popular carwash, auto parts store, and child care center, as well as high density housing.
We reported this to the City of Benicia as early as April 2008 but little has been done to repair these streets. All the while, we notice less traveled and streets in better condition, such as East J and K Streets east of East Fifth Street, getting repaved. We feel like we have been forgotten.
Could you please look into this for us? Just take a drive down East O from East Fifth to East Third and you will see just exactly what we are talking about.
Thank you in advance for your attention and any help that you can offer.
Sincerely yours,
Ross Sagun
www.safebenicia.blogspot.com
cc: Vice Mayor Mark Hughes
Councilman Tom Campbell
Councilman Alan Schwartzman
Councilwoman Christina Strawbridge
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