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Resident urges council to repair Erie Alley after repeated potholes and damage
Summary
Resident Joanne Bowes told Lock Haven council that Erie Alley between West Water Street and Jordan's Alley has multiple large potholes (she said some are 3½–4½ inches deep), poor lighting and ponding that create hazards for pedestrians and vehicle bumper damage, and asked the council to include the alley in the 2025 budget.
Joanne Bowes, a resident of 220 West Water Street, used the council's public-comment period to ask that Erie Alley be added to the city's 2025 maintenance or paving budget.
Bowes described a roughly 100-foot alley between West Water Street and Jordan’s Alley that she said contains “three or four large potholes” ranging between “3 and a half and 4 and a half inches deep,” with at least one pothole about 3 by 4 feet in area. She said the alley is not well lit and that vehicles cutting through the alley to avoid morning congestion on West Water Street often scrape front and rear bumpers, accelerating degradation of the surface. She added that snowplows clear only the center of the alley, leaving packed wheel tracks that can freeze and create skating hazards for pedestrians.
“I would really, request that it be included in your next budget,” Bowes said, asking the council to consider Erie Alley for repair or paving in 2025. She offered to provide photographs showing the depth and condition of the holes.
Council members did not vote on the request during the public-comment period; the item was registered as input for the upcoming budget discussions.
