One of the administration’s focal points is to provide the safest, most affordable city for all New Yorkers. Occasionally, this manifests in the completion of massive undertakings designed to improve neighborhoods and enhance boroughs. Quality of life improvement efforts may also necessitate addressing more fundamental concerns. This administration tackles both missions. During the holiday season, the city wishes to bring pothole repair, garbage limiting, and street improvement campaigns to your attention.
Creating Safer Streets
This week, the city celebrates the record time it has taken to remediate potholes. Moreover, the administration continues to invest in preventative measures to prevent the development of annoying and potentially vehicle-damaging street craters.
Since the administration started, 500,000 pothole repairs have been made. However, in these three years, fewer than 90,000 complaints about the problem have been made to its 311 line. This is down from the 150,000 complaints that came through the city helpline during the previous regime. Now, the city addresses and closes pothole-related grievances in as little as two days.
“New Yorkers don’t have to waste their valuable time on the phone calling again and again about the same problem,” the Mayor said.
Failing to attend to this situation would only have resulted in a growing pothole boggle. That said, better repaving efforts led to diminished roadway blemishes. Adams added that paving on a more consistent basis offers the best method for limiting their appearance.
This work has paid huge dividends. The city now conducts more than 1,200 new lane miles of paving each year. Furthermore, Adams and city officials are calling on New York City residents and commuters to demonstrate vigilance in helping keep the problem at bay.
“If you see a pothole, which there are always more of in the winter, call 311, and we’ll be there as soon as we can,” Adams said.
Additionally, if you see a work crew fixing a pothole, be patient and drive slowly and responsibly so the professionals can finish the job as quickly and safely as possible.
Less Unsightly Trash Pileups
In an attempt to limit the amount of trash seen across the city, the administration now requires more than 70 percent of the municipality’s garbage producers to place said waste out in sealed and lidded bins in lieu of garbage bags.
Beginning on January 2, the city will issue summonses to residential buildings with anywhere from one to nine units, in addition to houses of worship, city agencies, and non-profit establishments for failing to comply. This measure should lessen the amount of garbage visible on city streets by tens of thousands of pounds and the chance for unsightly messes, foul odors, and the attraction of vermin. “New Yorkers deserve a clean and sanitary city, and that is what containerization makes possible,” said the Mayor.
Adams stresses that the remaining 30 percent of New York’s garbage producers, like large buildings, have been put on notice.
Improvement Projects
Street improvement projects, such as the one involving Fifth Avenue between Bryant and Central Parks, are in full swing. These efforts are geared toward rendering said areas more amenable to pedestrians, in addition to giving these locations an economic boon. Fifth Avenue is set to celebrate its bicentennial. In response, the administration recently announced it has set aside $150 million for the enhancement of thoroughfare.
“Keeping New York City the greatest city in the world means working hard every day to make sure it remains livable and affordable for all,” Adams concluded. “And this holiday season, potholes and improved streets mean that New Yorkers have one less thing to worry about.”
