The document discusses the issue of potholes on the roads at Savannah State University and proposes solutions. It provides background on how potholes form due to water erosion under the asphalt. It states that while the university has made some efforts to address the potholes, the road conditions have not significantly improved. Two students propose methods for properly repairing potholes, including cleaning them out, using the right cement mixture, and allowing it to cure correctly. They argue this will result in longer-lasting repairs and safer road conditions for drivers, pedestrians, and the overall campus appearance.

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Savannah State Pothole Project
Task Force
MARIO

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Causes of Potholes by Mario Williams
Savannah State University gets many visitors per day and the count just keeps on
increasing. The only obstruction that’s keeping visitors from seeing the true beauty behind
Savannah State University is having a gruesome encounter with tire-busting pop-holes. Pot holes
create an unsafe environment for visitors, for the professors, and for the students daily. Nobody
wants to drive on a road where hazardous pots holes are present. It really makes you wonder has
the school ever put any real-serious efforts toward the maintenance of its roads. Year after year,
potholes always seem to find their way on our streets. The formation of these holes starts from
underneath the surface.
To give more clarity, “rainwater sinks through cracks in old or weakened asphalt. The
water is soaked up by the mixture of rock, gravel, and sand that supports the road. Vehicles
passing over the road force water through the soggy roadbed, eventually eroding parts of it.
Asphalt sinks into the eroded portions of the roadbed and eventually cracks under the continued
impact of vehicle tires. Chunks become loose, and potholes are formed (How Do Potholes
form).”
The fear of having a tire burst or worse hitting someone in efforts to avoid pot holes is
the most frequent talk-about topic discuss on school grounds. But sadly, school officials don’t
believe it’s serious enough. Nonetheless, officials have made some efforts to manage the spread
of pot holes but by the looks of the road, there really has not been any significant improvement.

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From a student’s point of view, how hard is it to simply maintain the roadway of one’s
establishment?
Jamilla
Fixing pothole
Fixing pothole properly is the most important thing especially on a college campus. The main
reason why these potholes keep re-appearing because of the way the hole is being constructed
along with the cement type. To make this potholes last a long time you have to make sure the
shape of the hole is correct. That shape must resemble or be similar to an ice cream cone shape;
wider at the top than it is at the bottom. The difficulty level of fixing these on-going potholes is
not hard, so I do not know why they keep continue to be a problem after these years pasting. If
you want to repair a pothole, the best time to do it will be when the temperature is in the 50-65F
degree range. The proper cement/concrete type to use to fix pothole would be to mix cement and
aggregate mix together. This mixture is not only cost friendly, but it also get the job done. Once,
you have the dry cement aggregate mixed together make sure that you add water to the dry mix

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because you must have the right consistency. The mix should not have too much water nor not
enough. Secondly, you have to clean the pothole that you are going to fix. Make sure that hole is
probably clean with no dirt or debris in the way before you begin to fill it up. You can use a
tamper or any other tool to clean the bottom of the hole. After you have gotten the hole clean,
sprinkle water on the surface. Third, you will pour the mixture into the pothole, bit do not fill it
up to the top. Only fill it up until it is an approximately two inches. Fourth, after you have
applied the two inches of cement mix into the hole, reapply the cement in two inch increments
until the pothole has been filled. Fifth and lastly, once the pothole has been filled up and
compacted apply a small crown over the repair area. Also, make sure protect the newly filled
holes it by using bricks painted white and place them around the pothole. The cement mix in the
hole as to be untouched for at least five to six hours and it takes twenty-four hours for the fill
material to harden. With these proper pothole repairing methods, these patches would last longer
and our campus roads will look more beautiful. It is a must that out campus have the proper road
ways for drivers to drive their cars on and it is very important that the student, facility, and
visitors of the campus have a nice and proper road to drive, if they do not that can cause plenty
of safety hazards.
Jamar

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Almost all of us at Savannah State have
grumbled
Almost all of us at Savannah State have grumbled about our University’s
seemingly endless slate of beautification projects and “campus improvements.” Many of
us, myself included, have sometimes wondered: What is the logic behind maintaining a
beautiful campus? Can we justify spending $78 million on repaving the roads at a time
when the financial burden of college has become prohibitive for many? Expenditures
like these can be quite difficult to reconcile with our sense of practicality.
The quality of the roads here at Savannah State University is a pressing issue.
Complaints have been filled and voices have been raised, but yet there hasn’t been any
improvements. Our school’s physical beauty is one of its most defining characteristics,
and questions about this beauty are thus questions about SSU itself. Whether one agrees
or not, the way our campus looks has a deep symbolic meaning.
Roads, and means of transport, make a crucial contribution to economic
development and growth and bring important social benefits. Poorly maintained roads
constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle operating costs, increase accident rates
and their associated human and property costs. Without regular maintenance, roads can
rapidly fall into disrepair, preventing realization of the longer term impacts of road
improvements on development, such as increased growth in school enrollment.
Postponing road maintenance results in high direct and indirect costs. If road
defects are repaired promptly, the cost is usually modest. If defects are neglected, an
entire road section may fail completely, requiring full reconstruction at three times or
more the cost, on average, of maintenance costs.

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BRIAN
Portholes within college roads
Whenthe conditionof campusor college roadsandpathwaysare smoothandintact,transport and
movementwithinthe institutionisverysmoothandeasy.Onthe otherhand whenpotholesdevelop,
thisbecomesanightmare toall the college fraternityandevenvisitors.Portholesdevelopwhenwater
getsintocracks inroads andpavementsandfreezes,somethingwhichleadstobreakupafterthe
processof expansion.Whenthiswaterfinallymelts,continuouspressure frompeopleandvehiclesleads
to formationof portholes.Thiscondition,if notrectifiedmakeslifeincampusveryhard.Whenthe
portholesgetrepaired,alotof people benefitinthe process.
Whendirtywatercollectsinthe portholes,people usingthe lanesorfootpathswithincollegefindit
hard to move.Theywill alwaystrytododge them.Thisgetsworse if the roadsare beingusedbyfaculty
vehiclesorthose of visitors.Those walkingriskbeingsplashedwithdirtywaterbythe vehicles.inthe
processof avoidingthistheyendupcreating otherwalkwaysall overthe compoundinterferingwiththe
nice appearance andbeautyithas to the school.If repairedthischallenge of takingalongerroute to
avoidthe portholeswill notbe there andpeoplewalkingwillavoidthe waste of time.Again, people
crowd inthe onlysave routesand because the footpathsare narrow,the conditionleadsto
overcrowdingandmovementgetscurtailed.Thisishoweveravoidedwhenthe roadsare safe.
The people usingcarsand any othervehiclesbythe facultyorvisitorsof the college alsoenjoyfreeand
smoothride.A road withportholesleadstotime wastage whenvehiclestrytoavoidthe damagedareas.
Theyhave to waitfor one anotheras theycannotswerve aroundthe othervehicles.Thiscausesjam
mostlywhen the numberisverybig.Inthe processdriverswill avoidunnecessaryon-campuscollisionsif
the roads are clear. Portholesare knowntodamage the wheelsof vehicleswhichmake repairscostly.
Smoothroads incampuswill notcause any of these challenges.Whenthe roadconditionsare poor,the
school busesthattransport studentsandfacultywithinandoutsidecampusare notleftoutby the
menace of portholes.The passengersgettossedaround.Tothose few whohappentobe standingfind
the conditionverymuchannoying.The ridesare howeverfull of funonsmoothroads.
Institutionsare placeswhere environmentalbeautyisapriority.Thisisbecause nice sceneryattracts
people.Peoplewanttolearninserene atmospheresthatare learningfriendly.acompoundwithsmooth
roads isverynice lookingtothe people within.Placeslike the flowerbedsremainintactasnobodywill
have to stepon them.Againplaceswithgreengrasswill alsobe saved.All these increase the aesthetic
value inthe campus.Portholescause anuglyscenarioof a place.Theymake the place lessattractive and
everybodywishestoavoidsucha place.Theyleadtopeople creatingpathsonflowerbedsandother
placesleftoutforbeauty.Repairingthemwhentheygetformedsavesandmaintainsthe aestheticvalue

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of the campus.The beneficiariesof asmoothtransportnetworkwithincollegesandcampusesare many.
Studentsenjoynice rides.Facultydriversandvisitorsalsoenjoysmoothridesintheircars.Theirtime is
savedas theydon’thave to waitforeach otherto pave way forthem.To the school fraternity,beautiful
sceneryismaintained.Visitorsalsoenjoyanice andfriendlyenvironmentwhentheycome visiting.Allin
all,portholesare supposedtogetfixedintime before they become anuisance anddamage the nice
picture of a campus.
RayDELL

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