Q: Has there been a general deterioration of roads in the Bay Area during the last couple of years? The roads are almost impossible to drive as they are filled with potholes, uneven surfaces, lack pf proper line-markings, and unending roadwork. The state and local governments are flush with taxes and various proposition money. Why is there no action?

Thomas Theakanath

A: Don’t despair. Bay Area roads were rated in 2017 as being in the fair range, indicating that a typical street is becoming worn to the point where rehabilitation may be needed to prevent rapid deterioration.

But that is happening. By 2028, thanks to several recent voter-backed tax and bond measures, San Jose will seal or resurface every residential street in the city, as well as most of the major roads in its list of 1,490 miles. By the end of 2022, 635 miles of city streets, including 213 miles of major streets and 422 miles of local and neighborhood streets, will get repairs.

Q: Help! Who would I contact about getting our street repaved? I have lived on Ocho Rios Drive for over 20 years and cannot remember it ever being repaved. The cracks are so deep and numerous that the weeds are taking over. Perhaps I will plant a garden in them this spring.

Carole Paquette, San Jose

A: Unfortunately, Ocho Rios Drive is not yet on the list for repairs, but it will be. The city cannot get to all the deferred maintenance at once and will update the list every three years. You may have time to plant that garden.

Q: The Highway 17 exit to Lark Avenue is extremely rutted and bumpy. It’s had some cold patch applied a few times, but the condition of this ramp has been very poor for at least two years. I hope that something can be done to remedy this rough exit.

Robert Clark, Los Gatos

A: Your wish will be granted. The developer of the nearby North 40 project will repave Lark when it wraps up its offsite improvements.

Q: There is a sign on northbound Interstate 880 before the Bascom Avenue off-ramp that advises drivers to tune to 530 AM for airport information. I have passed this sign hundreds of times headed to the airport so, on a whim recently, I asked my wife to tune in as we were heading to the airport. Not surprisingly, all we got was static.

I do wonder if this isn’t just a legacy sign that should be removed, akin to the old air-raid sirens that still populate our valley.

Bob Kass, San Jose

A: The airport no longer maintains this radio station and will talk with San Jose on removing the sign.

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