Was just in town this morning for the first time in a year. One complaint. (Cleveland: dorm)

[funkenstein91]

I dropped my gf off at her friend's dorm on Euclid Avenue and checked out the area. Everything looks great, but one annoying things still takes away from the experience: the roads are still god awful. I went back and looked at a lot of the photos of new constructions, and I noticed they avoid the roads. We have such nice buildings now, but the roads still looks like they haven't been repaved in a decade in some places. Is this part of the city's evil plan to make everyone walk around?

[AGuyFromCleveland18]

They've been trying, but unfortunately the city has no money. They did repave a particularly bad stretch of MLK from Euclid to Carnegie a few years ago, so at least they're doing something, but until jobs come back the city is pretty much broke.

[gofuzzy]

They just can't keep up with our winters! It's amazing how fast the weather can destroy a road.

[Peregrine]

There's just no money.
My ward supposedly got $400,000 this year for roads. So they just repave some small sections that are real bad. Pisses me off.
Although hell must have frozen over because one of the worst roads in town: Brookpark Road on the westside... is finally getting a full repavement.
I am sure that's mostly Fed money though.

[Cleveland_Collector]

The roads are bad in most major cities, especially the ones that are heavily traveled and/or plowed/salted. In this state, the only answer is high-dollar infrastructure investment by the Federal Government.

[Townes Van Zandt]

Originally Posted by Cleveland_Collector

the only answer is high-dollar infrastructure investment by the Federal Government.

Agree to disagree.

[andremclippers]

Originally Posted by Cleveland_Collector

The roads are bad in most major cities, especially the ones that are heavily traveled and/or plowed/salted. In this state, the only answer is high-dollar infrastructure investment by the Federal Government.

Here's another answer.... Deal with it. Keep the government out of it every way possible.

Yes some roads are horrible but honestly none are too the point where you can't drive on them.

[Townes Van Zandt]

Originally Posted by andremclippers

Here's another answer.... Deal with it. Keep the government out of it every way possible.

You mean the federal government?

(Not that I'd disagree with the original statement as it stands.)