Potholes in Jackson are something people who live, work and travel to Jackson have to deal with.While it’s not a new problem, many people have noticed more potholes popping up. One large factor is all the rainfall in January, which, as of Wednesday, was 1.35 inches above average.Tire shops in the metro, like Big 10 Tires, have stopped counting the number of tires they replace each day due to potholes.”It’s become so common, we lose count. We lose track. It’s just a part of every day,” said Eric Varona-Nava, with Big 10 Tires. “That’s just part of it. These are actually a majority of traffic that comes through the store.”The damage, most of the time, isn’t expected and is not cheap to fix.”Most of your people are just upset when they come in because this is a $300 or $400 accident that they weren’t expecting or hadn’t had in their budget for that month,” said Big 10 Tires employee George Bennett.While it may be good for business, Big 10 employees know it can be a strain on customers. On the same day, they had two people with tire blowouts.”We ended up having to take them — one to the hospital, so they didn’t miss their appointment. We also had to take the other one — they were here for a law school interview,” Big 10 employee Phillip Jones said.Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes said he’s noticed fewer potholes being fixed since Charles Williams left his post as public works director.”He would have formed another crew and got another crew out here to pave some of these potholes. Now, the one crew you’ve got is doing good, but (there are too many potholes) for one crew,” Stokes said.Stokes said the city needs to think about hiring a new public works director, and more workers, as well as allocate more money to fix potholes.
Potholes in Jackson are something people who live, work and travel to Jackson have to deal with.
While it’s not a new problem, many people have noticed more potholes popping up. One large factor is all the rainfall in January, which, as of Wednesday, was 1.35 inches above average.
Tire shops in the metro, like Big 10 Tires, have stopped counting the number of tires they replace each day due to potholes.
“It’s become so common, we lose count. We lose track. It’s just a part of every day,” said Eric Varona-Nava, with Big 10 Tires. “That’s just part of it. These are actually a majority of traffic that comes through the store.”
The damage, most of the time, isn’t expected and is not cheap to fix.
“Most of your people are just upset when they come in because this is a $300 or $400 accident that they weren’t expecting or hadn’t had in their budget for that month,” said Big 10 Tires employee George Bennett.
While it may be good for business, Big 10 employees know it can be a strain on customers. On the same day, they had two people with tire blowouts.
“We ended up having to take them — one to the hospital, so they didn’t miss their appointment. We also had to take the other one — they were here for a law school interview,” Big 10 employee Phillip Jones said.
Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes said he’s noticed fewer potholes being fixed since Charles Williams left his post as public works director.
“He would have formed another crew and got another crew out here to pave some of these potholes. Now, the one crew you’ve got is doing good, but (there are too many potholes) for one crew,” Stokes said.
Stokes said the city needs to think about hiring a new public works director, and more workers, as well as allocate more money to fix potholes.
