Metro Atlanta drivers face hefty repair costs from damage caused by rough road conditions

ATLANTA — The typical driver can count on to pay tons of of {dollars} in automotive restore payments for damages from potholes. It’s an issue many Atlanta drivers are dealing with.

Channel 2′s Ashli Lincoln spoke with a driver who says he’s paying hundreds in expensive repairs after hitting a pothole.

“It’s costing hundreds of {dollars}, to get repairs,” William Lewis mentioned.

“$6,000 proper now,” Lewis mentioned in reference to how a lot cash damages from tough roads will value him in repairs to work tools.

“We bought a number of items of apparatus and within the restore store proper now, due to potholes? Of potholes,” Lewis mentioned.

Lewis works for an area tree removing firm. This week, Lewis says that whereas touring down Beverly Street within the Sherwood Forest neighborhood, he hit a pothole that broken a assist beam below the trailer.

“On Beverly Street, it wants main assist,” Lewis mentioned.

Lewis says no less than six items of apparatus have been broken this yr by potholes.

“Trailers, Bobcats, chipper vehicles, every little thing,” Lewis mentioned.

Earlier this month, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens introduced reviving the “pothole posse.” It is a group of Atlanta Division of Transportation employees who’ve been tasked with filling potholes in space neighborhoods.

“Dwelling right here on the hill with all of the runoff, particularly at this intersection, the potholes are a persistent problem,” Mike Scott, resident mentioned.

The problems with potholes aren’t solely a metropolis of Atlanta problem.

In 2021, the town of South Fulton spent $16,000,000 to repave round 170 miles of roads.

Statewide officers plan to make use of $1.2 trillion in funds from the federal infrastructure package deal to handle street considerations — $225,000,000 will go to repair state bridges, with one other $8.9 billion going to repair roads and highways over 5 years.

“The roads in Atlanta, axles are breaking, the trailers are actually snapping, tires are popping, the roads are that unhealthy in Atlanta,” Lewis mentioned.

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