Come Enjoy Driving Down the Smoothest Street in San Angelo

...just please ignore the dive bars where people get shot and the drug dealings at the park.....

So how did we manage to get a smooth street in town ? Obviously must have found someone other
than Reese Albert to build it then if that is a fact........
Oh and yeah, there's just a teeny tiny bit of misleading information in this article too. It states that the
"CITY" moved and replaced water lines underneath the roadway before construction of the street was
made. The fact of the matter is, yes the city owns equipment, has a complete workforce that is paid a
city pay check and titled as street and bridge, however they didn't lift a finger for this project. Even having
our own employees and equipment to do this work, we kept them all on the payroll but paid an enormous
sum of money to some other private contractor to do all that work.................

How fitting that the smoothest street in San Angelo is one nobody wants to go down...... How about fixing 87? It is like driving down a ranch road .

Who ever thinks article titles should be amusing is not a good writer--"Come Enjoy Driving Down the Smoothest Street in San Angelo". Is this street a roller coaster or an event that requires a parade!!!!! Having good paved streets should be the norm for San Angelo. All streets in San Angelo need work from Bell St. to College Hills. Lets just say all streets need work. While the old Mayor was wearing his cowboy hat with the snake skin band and past city council not doing much, the city's problems have now blown to be severe crisis. The Oil Boom brought in some money that was wasted on obtaining bids, surveys, and more paper work. Now there is No money in the budget. So the city over taxes their citizens with High appraisals on homesteads and vacant land. Two affordable housing complexes reserved for seniors are being built in the city but this does not bring in revenue. About 17 percent of San Angelo’s population is Social Security-eligible, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Senior citizens are not spending money but making their money last their life time. Remember the government is cutting back of paying for health services so hospitals/clinics beware. Cities need young people who work and bring in money. New restaurants are not the lifeline as employees get paid minimum wages. What does an average meal cost?

Now maybe if one invites large companies to "Come Enjoy Driving Down the Smoothest Street in San Angelo" that they will invest in our city.

Dear John: The streets in San Angelo have always been a sore spot. I recall a story about traveling over the Oak street bridge and because the pavement was so rough, doors on an ambulance shook open and a stretcher fell out. Of course there was no one on there, and the doors should never have popped open, but still...the pavement in San Angelo has been a source of contention since it was first put down. I remind you again of that slurry seal experiment multi million dollar machine operated by seven dollar an hour worker...putting grooves in Beauregard and Sherwood Way that once a wheel was in there, you wound up in Mertzon before you could get out of it. I think it is clear that a street improvement project would !. cost a lot of money, and 2, fuel a civil war over where to start. Not too many politicos want that hot potato.

I drove down it and it is smooth! Too bad I was the only car on it. Bell St has more traffic in an hour than MLK has in a month. Why would anyone in their right mind fix MLK before Bell St? City Mayor and Councilmen should have to drive down Bell 4 times a day in their personal vehicles everyday!!!

Lazy T, Thank you for you posting. The ambulance was very fitting. San Angelo has a history of road problems.

Mr Hyde, I appreciate your voice. The matter is that "the Buck Stops Here" is appropriate for those responsible for the city within the years they hold office. Politicians should understand that whatever happens in their watch, will surely reflect upon the career in office and after. The items mention are things the Citizens of San Angelo are dealing with and they do not care if the City, the State, or the Government is responsible. Citizens just want a solution. Do not want to be taxed to death. Lets have a vibrant city with jobs and healthy living.

The only problem is the city spent all that money on this “new road” and it’s just a rough as it was before! This city council needs to get there shit together and actually fix something before they expect to get praised for it.

I should have been more specific by stating that if a neighborhood has an alley, "use it". Those neighbors with no alley, of course trash needs to be pick up front. The problem becomes when people leave the trash can in the street at all times. Then it becomes an object that impedes traffic and postman. It is a case-by-case situation. Many folks had nice enclosed fence sites for their trashcans up front and in the back but can no longer be used by the large green and brown plastic. I understand the cans are heavy to move and many elderly citizens do not have the strength. The city should have known that will 18% of San Angeloans being senior citizens.

The answer is not *use it*, but if the city will LET us use it. I have an alley, but per the city, I have to put my cans out front because the huge trucks cannot navigate the alley. As far as I know, the only alleys that are useable are those in Southland (wide and paved).

I too have an alley and will use it. The Trash company only picks up one way leaving me out so as to have to put my trash can up front in the street. So what I do is move my trash can in the other side of the alley where it gets picked up. I am not happy about doing that. The Trash truck should take turns coming down the alley from one direction to the other. Are we not all paying taxes.

I like driving around the new city hall annex, the road is not bad either. But stay away from the New Performing Arts Center. The street has many blind spots, not to mention what is across the street.