Temporary pothole repairs bring limited relief to Diego Martin residents

Res­i­dents of Rich Plain Road in Diego Mar­tin may ex­pe­ri­ence brief re­lief this Christ­mas sea­son, as the Diego Mar­tin Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion has tem­porar­i­ly patched sev­er­al pot­holes along the road­way. CNC3 News ob­served the work be­ing car­ried out ear­li­er this morn­ing.

A rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the Bor­ough ex­plained that they had been in­struct­ed to patch three pot­holes in the area. How­ev­er, one of the pot­holes con­tained too much wa­ter, re­quir­ing as­sis­tance from the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) to com­plete the re­pairs.

The rep­re­sen­ta­tive made it clear that the re­pairs are tem­po­rary and could not say how long they will last. They al­so com­mit­ted to in­spect­ing the road for ad­di­tion­al ar­eas that may need tem­po­rary fix­es.

In Sep­tem­ber, CNC3 News high­light­ed the con­cerns of res­i­dents, af­ter which WASA promised to com­plete re­pairs by Sep­tem­ber 30. How­ev­er, work on­ly be­gan to­day. Two res­i­dents spoke with CNC3 News and ex­pressed dis­sat­is­fac­tion with the tem­po­rary re­pairs. “Two rain and that wash out,” one res­i­dent com­ment­ed, sug­gest­ing the fix­es may not en­dure.