Scott Ishikawa
Scott Ishikawa
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.
fire open road turns until waterfall
We can't open up the road until the waterfall recedes. Until someone turns off the fire hose, I don't think we can open up the highway.
area closed dark debris drivers figure figured lane run until worried
We're going to keep the right lane closed indefinitely for now until we can figure out what to do. This area is kind of dark at night, so we were worried that any drivers would run into the debris that comes down to the road, so we figured just close the right lane down as a precaution.
coming debris mean storm today until
Just because you don't have debris today doesn't necessarily mean you're not going to have debris coming down from upstream another day. We'll just keep double-checking until the storm hits.
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.
closely expert landscape
Our department's landscape expert is working closely with them.
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.
anyone brought foot good intentions issue questions
I don't think anyone questions the good intentions of the project. The issue brought up is who's going to foot the bill.
express guess incidents losing loved memorial people themselves
I guess it's a way for a lot of people to express themselves after losing a loved one, but we had incidents where the roadside memorial got out of hand.
car size stuck tree
One boulder was stuck in a tree -- the size of a car engine.