You have to have been an Advocate reader for awhile to recall Porky the Pothole Pig, our infamous buddy from years ago. The original Porky retired in 2008, when I guess we were younger and more idealistic about what we thought was the City’s pothole diminishing pothole problem.
Well … eight years and a billion-dollar pothole/streets crisis later, we’re a little older and more jaded, if not wiser.
So a new and more serious-faced Porky has returned, and during a recent trip along the 6100 block of Oram, Porky found a large crater on what has to be one of the worst blocks in the neighborhood. (FYI, this Porky is about the size of a sheet of typing paper and about four inches wide.) The entire length of Oram from Skillman east towards Kidwell and Lakewood Shopping Village is pretty rough, so what’s pictured here is just one of the stops Porky could have made.
Being a good Dallas citizen, Porky reported this pothole to the city’s 311 web portal Friday, Jan. 15 around 5 p.m.; the portal promises a three-day look-see into the problem and then a five-day repair date. You can follow along yourself by visiting the website and putting in the following service code: 16-00019822.
We know the city crews are overwhelmed with potholes, so Porky’s just trying to help out. If you have a favorite pothole, particularly the more dangerous ones, let us know at porky@advocatemag.com
Maybe Porky can pay yours a visit, too. And in the meantime, enter it into the 311 portal and let us know how that goes.
