CITY DEVELOPMENT: Oakland's Crumbling Roadways

The City's failure to provide basic road infrastructure after series of plans to do so (5 year plan) (3 year plan) is devastating to the community and to any vehicles attempting to access the area.

Oakland is on an decades-old struggle to repave its streets and address the crumbling infrastructure. Deep East Oakland continues to suffer from the longest neglect on seemingly every single street. Streets become de facto one-ways or no-ways because of the severity of potholes, crumbling roads, and other hazards coupled with speed bumps. Several corridors near the alphabet streets and San Leandro Blvd. are worn from freight trucks and lack clear sidewalks.

This spells disaster when coupled with rain. The rain fills potholes exacerbating possible damage to include water damage to vehicles but can also obstruct drivers from seeing potholes or how deep they are. Several streets have inadequate gutter and draining systems or severe trash pileups blocking them creating flooding and street access issues. Deep east Oakland residents risks hazards and car damage as well as all other types of hazards including for public transit, disabled persons, pedestrians, cyclists, and others accessing the public streets. These are just among a few of the issues created by Oakland's failure to effectively maintain Oakland and to restore all of the City.

Below are a few photo examples:

Pothole on G Street between 87th and 88th

Potholes and flooding on intersection of 88th and D Street

Flooding of driveway streets and sidewalks

Flooding of streets and parked cars

-- Victory for Oakland
**All photos/content are my own unless otherwise cited.

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