I called the non-emergency police line this morning. This is not a little pothole that might cause someone to get jostled around in their car. This is a very bad accident waiting to happen.

@EEE. Please call the Mayor's office immediately. And if you don't hear from them right away, call Channel 12 on your Side. Like you say, this is a bad accident waiting to happen.

The officer I spoke with this morning said that they would send someone out to look at it. At least I would hope they will put something around it so that no one gets hurt. It would be very hard to see in the dark. This hole has tripled in size in the last two days and given the cracks in the asphalt is going to continue to grow. This hole is about 300 feet from the elementary school, and buses frequently pass on this street. I don't think the Mayor's office is working today, since it is a holiday. I tried calling the city, but it's a holiday.

Police appear to have stuck some cones in it. At least it's marked so people won't fall in. Hopefully the city will fix it sooner rather than later.

well by spring we will have a public swimming pool.

Maybe we can charge an admission fee...

@EEE, I like the idea.

@EEE. Please call the Mayor's Office today and ask to speak to the Mayor himself. There are many outstanding issues on SeeClickFix that have not been addressed.

When you put your ear to the pothole do you hear another language? LOL

The Mayor's phone number is 646-7970. Ask to speak with him directly.

I have done my due diligence here. I'm not going to bully the mayor. I called the police, they came and blocked off the area. I will give them the opportunity to fix this before I go psycho on them.

Fortunately it's not in a high traffic area. So if it doesn't get repaired for some time, the cone will deter cars away.

Do you hear Russian or Chinese?

@Gnome. Definitely Russian! LOL

Let us know when this is fixed please! Unfortunately most potholes are taking a month or more.

Yeup its Russian! I can hear the Olympics.

Look in the alleys for tires, sofas, beds and other items that have been reported for Bulk pick up and fill in the hole with them.

Status? Several potholes were repaired in the City yesterday. Did they get to this as well?

Well if the City can not fill this one soon, they need to provide a lifeguard before the comming rains.

I've been closely following the pothole situation (there's a ton in my 'hood) and it looks like they're taking 4-6 weeks to come out after original postings.

So go ahead Gnome and hire that lifeguard. Just make sure he's nice and buff with a six-pack so you'll have something nice to look at while you're swimming laps :-)

We will have to find a Lifeguard who speaks Russian.

Well if we go down the big hole to Sochi maybe we'll find him?! Then he'll definitely have a six-pack :-)

Almost big enough for my John Boat.

@Gnome. I'm assuming you've got an eyeball on this monstrosity and this swimming pool is getting bigger day by day.

with every bus that goes by the weight is tearing up what would have been a gravel fill, compact, fill, compact and patch to a full removal of the road bed for restructuring now.

@Gnome. Good use of our City's funds. We're apparently rolling in money so who cares, right?

@ Bonoca, I would like to extend an invitation for us to go fishing at this pound, I just do not know if we should have fresh-water licenses or whether we will need Ice-Fishing licenses this weekend?

should I call the DGIF on West Broad and ask for clarification of the law?

Yes, go ahead and call DGIF. In the meantime, I'm packing up my cooler now and coming over for a day of fishing!

DGIF states that Virginia does not have Ice Fishing... So this is Fresh Water.

still not resolved.....

@Gnome. Can you post a current pic? Folks need to see how awful this bad boy has gotten (from the original pic).

@EEE. How's your "due diligence" working out for ya?

@Gnome. Coming over for an afternoon of fishing with ya!

@Gnome...you got an update on this monstrosity?

It's a beautiful day out today. Ya'll swimming in the hole?

The hole is still there, and it is the same as it was when I posted this picture. You seem very invested in this hole.

Yes EEE, I do seem interested not only in this hole but many others on this site that are not being repaired.

I've been monitoring this site for a reason....the City is shutting down numerous requests stating the potholes have been repaired when they haven't. So if you think I'm a little overly interested, it has more to do with what the City is trying to pull over everyone.

Sorry if my interest offends you!

It has been a month, and this giant hole is just an open festering blackhole waiting to swallow up some child, car, or school bus.
Richmond City just does not care to perform its basic public duties.

This ticket is closed in the City's Work Order system.

Why is this closed? Has this been fixed?

This request has been received and submitted to the City agencies for review and appropriate action.

Status?

This ticket is closed in the City's Work Order system.