Some drivers across Lubbock are familiar with unraveling roadways in the Hub City.
One area in particular is where Indiana Avenue meets South Loop 289.
“It’s just a very rough ride,” said driver Becky Ellison. “I think it has gotten increasingly worse, in such a high traffic area.”
Ellison said northbound Indiana is just one of many sections of problematic pavement in Lubbock.
“I just don’t understand why in our city and main roads like that, that we have big holes like that,” she said.
She said the road conditions not only pose problems for vehicles, but the drivers inside them, too.
“I would think maybe in a small car, it might be a possibility of flipping the car,” she explained. “I just feel like we’ve got young drivers out driving, I think it should be a major concern.”
“If you’re not slowing down a little bit, you might have a tendency to lose a little bit of control there,” Ellison mentioned.
The Public Works Director for the City of Lubbock, Wood Franklin, said his office was aware of unraveling roadways around town, particularly at Indiana and the South Loop.
Franklin said the Texas Department of Transportation was responsible for maintaining that section of street because of the proximity to the highway.
He stated that he believed TxDOT made plans to re-pave certain portions of that road, as well as University, Quaker, and possibly Slide, where they connect to the Loop. He mentioned crews would likely wait until the springtime, when conditions are better suited for the asphalt to be laid down.
A representative for TxDOT did not respond to a request for comment by the time this article was initially published.
“We all just need to be watching out for each other and a little tolerance helps too,” Ellison added. “We all need to be aware that some of these places are around like this.”
