Prince George roads are a disgrace.
I am not sure what one has to do to get the city's attention.
Our roads have become (or better to say, still are) a joke, but worse yet, are very dangerous, with potholes, cracks down the middle of lanes, very often no lines dividing the lanes and crosswalks that are no longer marked.
This lack of road maintenance is not new but unfortunately it seems it is a pattern over the years now.
I understand that the city is not doing well in the budgeting area of finance, but road maintenance must be kept up, no matter where the extra dollars have been frivolously spent.
Our roads are accidents waiting to happen.
If you have driven down 5th or 15th Avenue and had your wheel caught in the crevice in the middle of the road, you will understand what I mean.
I have discussed our potholes and missing lane lines a few times with the city and each time I am told that "our harsh winters make it very difficult to maintain our roads."
Interesting that cities like Quesnel /Kamloops / Smithers and many other northern cities are able to maintain their roads.
Today, as I was approaching 5th and Tabor, there was an elderly man making a right turn onto Tabor. As there were no lines to show the lanes, he happened to be in the middle of the right turn and the through lane.
Obviously the man in the truck behind him was in a hurry and blasted his horn, which in turn startled the elderly man who swerved, resulting in a near accident.
For a city this size, this is totally unacceptable.
Pull up your socks, Prince George, and fix our roads.
Helen Matson
Prince George
