Q&A
Questions about DOT's tracking of repeated street repairs
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about DOT's system for tracking repeated repairs at specific locations. First Deputy Commissioner Forgione explains that DOT can track work orders and locations, with different divisions involved depending on the cause of the issue.
- DOT's system can track work orders and repair locations
- Different divisions (inspection and street maintenance) are involved based on the cause of the issue
- Supervisors are aware of recurring problems and can address them, including through repaving
Selvena Brooks-Powers
0:28:45
Thank you.
0:28:47
Okay.
0:28:48
We could go ahead and get into the questions here.
0:28:52
I'll start by asking a few questions, and then I'll yield to my colleagues and then come back for round 2.
0:28:59
So starting off with New York City streets and roads, does DLT have any idea of how many times the agency may repair the same location?
0:29:16
So for example, my Laurelton office is located on 2 22nd in Merrick, and we've worked with DOT a couple of times to come back to the very same site, to address a massive, like, pothole that's there.
0:29:35
And so I'm curious to know how many times or if the agency is tracking, how many times they have to go back to a particular location?
Margaret Forgione
0:29:45
So in our system, we do have the ability to track work orders and locations of work orders, but using the example that you gave, chair, there's sort of 2 different borough based divisions that could potentially be very involved in
Michael Capasso
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those
Margaret Forgione
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repairs.
0:30:01
So if that issue was caused by a utility or another city agency, it would be our inspection division, highway inspection quality assurance.
0:30:10
They very much pinpoint locations and what is the history of them, Because if something sinks once or has a problem once, it's usually caused by that same utility or that same issue.
0:30:22
The other entity is our street maintenance unit, which has all the staffing for that borough.
0:30:29
There's a limited number of supervisors in our street maintenance units, so they tend also to be very well aware of reoccurring problems so they can address them, including having that location paved.