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Residents call out poor road repairs in Middletown, urge lasting fixes
Summary
Multiple residents at the common council meeting called attention to persistent potholes and short-lived patch repairs on West Street and other thoroughfares; speakers said quick patches are failing and urged longer-lasting resurfacing.
Longtime resident Joan Lesca told the council the city's repeated patching is failing on major streets and poses a hazard to drivers, school traffic and emergency vehicles.
"My car feels like I'm going bumpity bumpity bumpity," Lesca said, urging council members to adopt more durable repair methods like those she observed overseas where full sections are removed and rebuilt rather than patched. She said patches applied two months earlier were already failing.
Bill Wilson, another resident, echoed concerns about roads across town, naming Saybrook Road, Aircraft Road and West Street as examples where temporary repairs are insufficient. He said some quick paving had been done but warned many stretches still needed work and cited the city budget as part of the resource discussion: "We have a $211,000,000 budget," he said, arguing the city should prioritize longer-lasting fixes.
Neither speaker recorded a formal response from public works staff during the meeting’s public-comment period. The comments close the meeting’s public-comment portion and no action was taken at the session to schedule additional roadwork beyond the normal maintenance program.
