RICHLAND CO., Ill.—I’m thinking about petitioning the county board and the village of Calhoun to let me open up an obstacle-avoidance school on the roads in and around the village.
Because SOMEBODY needs to put that surface-of-the-moon crap to some kind of use.
East Pine
Above is East Pine Street, on the south side of the village. It’s kind of hard to get the perspective of just how awful the potholes are, so I shot the below pic:
A close-up of some of the holes
And for a little additional perspective, I rolled one of the SmartCars into above pothole:
Yeah, I know it’s a small car. But that’s a standard-size hole for Calhoun.
I mean, it’s a teeth-jarring experience, no matter WHAT vehicle you’re in.
Hopefully someone will find the funds to repair this atrocity, because it’s like that throughout the entire village. But at least it’s not the rainy season (yet)…when THAT gets here, I can just see someone erecting “NO FISHING” signs in these potholes, as well as “Lake Leo” around the corner on County Road 1400E:
Arrow points to where “Lake Leo” (named after our road commissioner) generally develops, all thanks to unmonitored tiling.
Calhoun residents will understand.
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