It’s not just the heavily traveled roads that are responsible for flat tires and damaged rims.
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Beware of Route 17
Route 17 from Mexico to Byron is in good condition, but from Coos Canyon to Oquossoc it is in deplorable condition. Having traveled that road for 60 years, I find it to be in the worst shape I have ever seen. In many areas, a driver cannot go any faster than 20 mph or the […]
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Posted inRiver Valley
Pothole season underway in Lewiston-Auburn, but not farther north
RUMFORD — Many westbound drivers negotiating Route 2 at the intersection with Lincoln Avenue on Tuesday couldn’t avoid a cluster of potholes. But between gaps in traffic, drivers swung into the opposite lane to avoid the mess, trying to save nasty yanks on their shock absorbers and suspensions, and scrapes on their undercarriages. Maine’s pothole […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn neighbors question Park Avenue paving
AUBURN — The Park Avenue paving project sounds just wonderful. There will be sidewalks and wide shoulders to accommodate walkers, joggers and cyclists. Steep hills will be flattened and the road will be smoothed. It sounds like a 1-mile stretch of paradise. Problem: Project managers want to get started in 2015. The people who live […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
If you think winter is bad, wait until you see pothole season
FALMOUTH — It may be difficult to reconcile against the backdrop of this week’s Arctic temperatures, but mud season is upon us. And with the change of seasons comes the annual arrival of potholes. It has been a tough winter, one that introduced “polar vortex” to the national lexicon and dropped back-to-back-to-back snowstorms on the […]