Scott Ishikawa
Scott Ishikawa
express guess incidents losing loved memorial people themselves
I guess it's a way for a lot of people to express themselves after losing a loved one, but we had incidents where the roadside memorial got out of hand.
ground might patch potholes until wait wet
When you patch potholes in wet weather, you might as well be patching with oatmeal. We have to wait until the ground dries up.
wear
We try to use it more on the freeways because that's where we have the most wear and tear.
bit dry gotta ground
We gotta let the ground dry out a little bit first.
expect holds weather week
Expect to see them out there all week if the weather holds up.
afternoon caused earlier rush start time tried turned turning
We tried to start a little earlier so that we could be done in time for the afternoon rush hour. It turned out that caused a backlog of turning cars, though.
closer
We just got it, and need to look at it closer before we respond.
accident barrier gives head impacts lane prevent reason regular side trying using
The reason we're using the zipper lane barrier is it gives a little more than the regular barrier, so we don't want a car, when it impacts it, to ricochet back into the other lane of traffic. While we're trying to prevent head on collisions we also don't want an accident on the same side of the highway.
car size stuck tree
One boulder was stuck in a tree -- the size of a car engine.
call felt mistake
The supervisor who made the call has not been reassigned. He has been disciplined and it will go on his record. They felt it was an unintentional mistake and they felt he wasn't profiting from this.
job point precedent safety traffic whether
Safety at some point is going to have to take precedent over convenience, but that's some things we're going to have to take a look at, whether we can do the job without really hampering traffic or not.
closely expert landscape
Our department's landscape expert is working closely with them.
affects afford concrete creates sets time traffic
And we can't afford to have traffic on the freeway at the time because it creates vibrations and that affects the way the concrete sets properly.
coming decide figure finding owner property rocks stability trying whether
What we're finding is the rocks may be coming from another property down into our right of way, so we're trying to figure out who the property owner is and see what the stability is up there, and then we'll decide whether we can re-open the road.