"Why did the city pave Main St. in the fan and fix all the potholes, but raise the road surface so every manhole and utility access is now a pothole?" -M. Peterson
I did some checking myself on Main Street as it heads west through the Fan District and regrettably ran over the manholes on purpose. BUMP! BUMP! My car was disappointed in my decision-making process on that one.
I stopped a couple of times for a closer look and found several manholes that were at about 2-3 inches below the road surface. There were a few spots that had the smaller square metal gas and utility man holes (actually, I have no idea what they are called, sorry!) that were below the newly paved surface as well.
I emailed Sharon North, public information manager for the City of Richmond Department of Public Works, to get to the "bottom" of this manhole problem.
"Our Deputy Director of Operations, as well as inspectors, looked at approximately 26 manholes on Main Street from Lombardy to Boulevard," she wrote. "Their findings revealed only one manhole needed to be raised. Two others were low, but as a result of the tops being low; so it was not an asphalt issue."
It must not be easy running a city and but for most of us it is easy to notice things that don't work. When you see problems, report it on the City's SeeClickFix page.
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