An Oakland woman's creative approach to filling potholes plaguing her neighborhood has paid off. The city ended up fixing 5 of the deepest potholes within 24 hours of her clever idea.
Linda Zunas took a creative approach to filling potholes in her Oakland neighborhood. Photo: Linda Zunas, May 2023It's no secret that the Bay Area has a pothole problem. Over 15,000 of them were reported within the first four months of the year, and the number is growing. But oneLinda Zunas got creative with the potholes in the 450-460 block of Clifton Street after multiple unanswered requests to the city: she turned them into planters.
An Oakland resident filled potholes in her neighborhood with fresh soil and colorful flowers. Photo: Linda Zunas, May 2023Zunas told KTVU the potholes, some as deep as 10 inches, were dangerous enough they were almost causing accidents. She said drivers were swerving to miss them, almost hitting traffic on the other side and startling bicyclists and pedestrians.
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