Potholes

So, in Sunday's paper was a story saying Huntington Mayor David Felinton put no money for street paving in the budget. That was a shocker, because this is an election year, and the only time the user fee has been used for paving was four years ago when Felinton ran for re-election.

So naturally, tomorrow's editorial will be on the topic. I drove around town a bit looking both for potholes and streets so bad that patching won't do. I found at least three in the latter category.

But we had no recent photos of potholes or rough patches on city-maintained streets, and we didn't have a photographer available, so I had to grab a point-and-shoot camera and take some photos myself.

The photo running in tomorrow's paper is on 9th Avenue, where a pothole is migrating west. What I mean is, there are two patched holes, and in a straight line is a newer, unpatched hole where you can see the old brick street.

How long can Huntington allow its basic infrastructure to fall apart? What happens when some streets get so bad they can no longer be patched?