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Council hears resident complaint about sunken manhole covers; Public Works asks residents to report locations
Summary
A councilor relayed a citizen complaint about low or sunken manhole covers on Spokane Street; Public Works Director John Beecham said the city has no strict numeric tolerance program and asked residents to report problem locations to streetinfo@postfalls.gov for inspection and repair.
A councilor relayed a resident concern that manhole covers on the westernmost southbound lane of Spokane Street are low enough to make driving feel like "dodging big potholes." Public Works Director John Beecham responded that the city does not maintain a threshold measurement program that fixes manholes at a specific fraction of an inch; instead, staff relies on citizen reports to identify problem locations.
Beecham provided an email for service requests (streetinfo@postfalls.gov) and said the streets crew and wastewater crew will inspect reported sites, noting raised covers can be a problem for snow plowing and sunken covers are periodically repaired. Councilors asked for follow-up on specific locations and staff agreed to investigate and report back.
