Drivers message to Riverside County: fix potholes

After a series of storms and wet weather, parts of some roads throughout the valley broke down into pieces.

“I ran into a small pothole down there but nothing extensive that would warrant driving around it,” Russell Goodwater said.

Drivers near the Coachella Valley Preserve on Thousand Palms Canyon Road were lucky Riverside County got to the pothole before they did. A little further down, erosion took over one section of the road. In Coachella, potholes were littered throughout the streets on Avenue 52 near Van Buren and Calhoun. Road hazards some drivers decided to drive through.

In Desert Hot Springs, it became dangerous. Two drivers Friday morning say they didn’t see the pothole because it was dark.

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yucca valley
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“I hit it pretty hard i was like bammm! I knew immediately that my tire was done,” Jeanine Powell said.

Also, there were no signs in the area to warn them.

“[I] hit that pothole dead on and my car, woosh right off the road,” Michelle Chavez said.

Little Morongo Road is a problem one resident says the county has been neglecting for years.

“It would be a miracle, it would be a miracle. We’ve waited 30 some years to get it fixed. But they don’t fix it,” JoAnn Hutchinson said.

We reached out to the county who told us a crew will be sent out to check the area, but did not mention when. Drivers say they hope it gets fixed before it happens to someone else.