Scott Ishikawa
Scott Ishikawa
car size stuck tree
One boulder was stuck in a tree -- the size of a car engine.
care debris found gotten mainly mostly rainy rocks small weather
The debris that we found was mainly trees, vegetation, some small rocks and mostly mud. So we just want to take care of that with all this rainy weather we've gotten lately.
care instead letting roads shape
We think we're in better shape now than we were two years ago. What we have to do is keep repaving our roads and take care of them instead of letting them go to long without having to resurface them again.
happened roll
They just happened to roll down the right way.
causing lack small taxi
It's causing a small disruption, but there's no lack of taxi cabs at the airport. We'll just make adjustments as need be.
call choice difficult outside somebody
It'll be more difficult to call somebody on the outside for the more choice assignments.
afternoon caused earlier rush start time tried turned turning
We tried to start a little earlier so that we could be done in time for the afternoon rush hour. It turned out that caused a backlog of turning cars, though.
closer
We just got it, and need to look at it closer before we respond.
wear
We try to use it more on the freeways because that's where we have the most wear and tear.
bit dry gotta ground
We gotta let the ground dry out a little bit first.
affects afford concrete creates sets time traffic
And we can't afford to have traffic on the freeway at the time because it creates vibrations and that affects the way the concrete sets properly.
ground might patch potholes until wait wet
When you patch potholes in wet weather, you might as well be patching with oatmeal. We have to wait until the ground dries up.
job point precedent safety traffic whether
Safety at some point is going to have to take precedent over convenience, but that's some things we're going to have to take a look at, whether we can do the job without really hampering traffic or not.
call felt mistake
The supervisor who made the call has not been reassigned. He has been disciplined and it will go on his record. They felt it was an unintentional mistake and they felt he wasn't profiting from this.