Drivers on Long Island are demanding the state and county stop spinning their wheels on pothole repairs and just do something. Many drivers are paying more than $600 on repairs and say it's also a safety issue. McLoganTV reports.
-- Drivers on Long Island are demanding the state and county stop spinning their wheels on pothole repairs.
Many are paying more than $600 on repairs, and they told CBS2's Jennifer McLogan it's a safety issue, too."Damaging wheels, tires, suspensions," Riggi said, adding the damage is"very expensive.""It was about 7 feet by 5 feet, and the spot in front where I hit must have been close to a foot deep," he said.
If Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed statewide war on potholes is approved, $100 million to fight potholes will kick in in the next fiscal year. Meanwhile, once a bid is approved to repave the Long Island Expressway, work can begin in the spring. "The sealing of the joints, the state has changed the specifications for that, so it should be more reliant moving forward when we put new asphalt down," Herbst said.Sen. Alexis Weik is sponsoring a bill to make the state liable year-round. Currently, drivers cannot make claims from November to May.Since there is no rail-freight tunnel, Long Island gets 96% of its freight by truck -- it's a pothole paradise.