COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Ronda Rose said that she’s seen the condition of Briargate Parkway steadily deteriorate since she and her husband moved back to town three years ago.
“The potholes are bad,” she said. “Not enough to damage a car, but you can hear a lot of thumping and feel a lot of jiggling when you’re in there.”
Rose recently shared her frustration with KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior, saying she’s received little to no response from city officials when she reported the potholes—either by calling or using the city’s GoCOS smartphone app.
She observed that potholes seem to be worst on a stretch of Briargate east of Powers Boulevard; and with three lanes in each direction, a lot of potholes can develop.
The Road Warrior found some good news for her; city officials said that the affected parkway segment is on the list for repair in the 2C expanded street paving program, but no specific year has been determined.
Rose said that she has had better luck getting a response from the city about wide cracks on her street, Valemount Drive, near the east end of the parkway, in the Wolf Ranch subdivision…