NEW ORLEANS: Some youngsters had an unexpected Tuesday morning trip to school when their bus got trapped in a pothole. When the school bus driver ran over a pothole at Peach St. and General Ogden intersection, according to a source who spoke with WWL Louisiana, the bus was immobile rather than just experiencing a slight bump.
The tire was allegedly absorbed by the pothole when it collapsed even further. Fortunately, nobody was harmed. When the bus was eventually hauled out of the pothole, the depth of the hole could be seen.
On December 3, 2023, a 311 call was made over the pothole. The requester expressed concern with the pothole’s close closeness to the school located on the corner.
After learning of the incident, a member of the community rode by the crossroads to see what was going on. Although he is appreciative of the renovations, Alan Delery claims there are several problems with street maintenance in the neighborhood, making it challenging to travel about.
“It really is difficult in navigating where you’re going to be going to get from one point to another in the neighborhood and you’ll hit a left thinking it’s a good way to go, then you find out it’s so many repairs and they’re just doing temporary covering on them right now and so you don’t really know what you’re going to get,” Delery stated.
A few hours after the school bus was removed from the pothole, workers from the Water Board and Sewerage departments plugged the hole with pebbles. According to SWB, they’re investigating the problem to ensure a thorough solution.
Steve Nelson, General Superintendent of SWB, commented, “That looks like a failure related to the storm drain.”
Nelson notes that although they’re looking for faster solutions, these kinds of problems are common in a metropolis like New Orleans.
“Although our ancient city is lovely, amazing, and fantastic, it does present certain difficulties for our infrastructure. According to a Utah state study, our water mains break down between 4.5 and 5 times more frequently than the national norm,” Nelson stated.
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