City of Chicago using new "invisible patch" product on potholes

I reported a few of the worse potholes I deal with every day via online reporting and selected text updates. Yesterday I received notices that the reports had been closed.

http://servicetracker.cityofchicago.org/requests/14-00236417

http://servicetracker.cityofchicago.org/requests/14-00236418

I took a swing down "18th drive" on my way home:

Did they patch the potholes with water? Or is there some new see-through product that they're using, kind of like the asphalt equivalent of this?

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Permalink Reply by We all have an inner Beast... on March 18, 2014 at 3:24pm

This is how the city, under the Rahmster, has been achieving their inflated report percentages and numbers. This way they look like the heroes, and everyone thinks that they are doing a great job. A great way to get and keep votes.

Just like CPD taking credit for the "down-turn" in shootings and crime sprees. Not that the sub-zero temperatures kept all the gangbangers and drug dealers inside where it was warm. I guess they can make you see what they want you to see.

Sorry, h'....had to vent a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 19, 2014 at 12:24am

It was St. Patrick's Day. They sent the leprechauns out with some of their magic dust. But, this being Chicago, the leprechauns found a bar along the way that served green beer, and, well, . . . .

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Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on March 19, 2014 at 2:11am

Improper closing of 311 requests is one of my biggest frustrations with 311. The usual way to close them improperly is asserting a bad address; an assertion often not based on any reality. Based on information from data.cityofchicago.org, your 18th street request was re-assigned to 2710 W 19th Street, and both were closed as duplicates-completed, meaning while they were duplicates in theory the original request was completed. Did the pot holes on 19th at least get filled?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 19, 2014 at 3:22am

I've run into that bad address problem more than once. I'm really liking the SeeClickFix app a lot for reporting potholes. Part of the reason is the ability to actually use a map to set the location. Been having good luck with holes actually getting patched at locations I've reported using the app.

Justin B Newman said:

Improper closing of 311 requests is one of my biggest frustrations with 311. The usual way to close them improperly is asserting a bad address; an assertion often not based on any reality. Based on information from data.cityofchicago.org, your 18th street request was re-assigned to 2710 W 19th Street, and both were closed as duplicates-completed, meaning while they were duplicates in theory the original request was completed. Did the pot holes on 19th at least get filled?