You won't believe how much our roads are falling apart
Listen— I'ma say this once, and I'ma click my tongue doin' it: tsk. You know how you be drivin' down I-83, past the Domino Sugars sign, thinkin' you gonna make good time to wherever you goin', and then BAM! You hit a pothole so big it feels like your whole car done swallowed a Berger cookie? Yeah, well, get ready for more of that, dummy. Turns out, the city ain't got *no* repaving scheduled for the Jones Falls Expressway this year. None, hon.
The City's Pothole Problem
That's right, the Jones Falls Expressway, that big ol' stretch of highway that cuts through our city, runnin' right alongside Druid Hill Park and makin' its way down to the Inner Harbor. The one we all use, every single day, to get from Hampden to Federal Hill or from Towson to Canton. It's gonna stay lookin' like a war zone. They say it's gonna cost a cool $300 million to reconstruct the whole thing. Three *hundred* million! Meanwhile, our tires are sufferin', our suspensions are screamin', and our patience? Well, that's just gone.
* No repaving planned for I-83 this year. * Estimated cost for full reconstruction is $300 million. * Drivers are already fed up with current conditions.
This ain't just about a bumpy ride; it's about how we take care of our city. Our infrastructure is supposed to hold us up, literally. When you can't even get from point A to point B without fearin' for your alignment, that's a problem that goes deeper than just a crack in the asphalt. That's Baltimore, hon—we don't break, we just bend loud, and right now, our cars are screamin'.
Keisha Rawlings-Dorsey, MiTL Sports Desk.
You wanna hear more about these potholes? Ray and the crew talkin' 'bout it on the morning show, live at mornings.live.