Posts Tagged ‘Tawfic Halaby’
State of the streets
The pavement buckles up into a mound directly in front of the house where Elizabeth has lived for 47 years. The bump in the pavement is five feet long and one and a half feet wide—or the size of a small person lying down. “A few years ago that lady’s daughter tripped on that hump,”…
Read MoreMassive sinkhole repair project hailed by Richmond leaders
The golden shovels were out, but this wasn’t a “groundbreaking” ceremony. It was a ground “filling” one. City leaders and state and county officials were joined by more than 100 people Friday to mark the start of the final phase of a project to repair a massive sinkhole that swallowed cars and blocked access to…
Read MoreRough road ahead: Richmond’s pavement program to suffer budget cuts
Sit for a minute and watch cars drive the stretch of road on Barrett Avenue from Harbor Way to Seventh Street, and you can see bad pavement in action. A red Range Rover trips over an uneven patch with a jolt. The Camry behind it slows down and creaks as tires meet pothole. A white…
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