Scott Ishikawa
Scott Ishikawa
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.
accidents area data high king number shows street
Data shows there have been a high number of pedestrian accidents in this area the King Street corridor.
coming debris mean storm today until
Just because you don't have debris today doesn't necessarily mean you're not going to have debris coming down from upstream another day. We'll just keep double-checking until the storm hits.
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.
expect holds weather week
Expect to see them out there all week if the weather holds up.
happened roll
They just happened to roll down the right way.
causing lack small taxi
It's causing a small disruption, but there's no lack of taxi cabs at the airport. We'll just make adjustments as need be.
call choice difficult outside somebody
It'll be more difficult to call somebody on the outside for the more choice assignments.
closely expert landscape
Our department's landscape expert is working closely with them.
wear
We try to use it more on the freeways because that's where we have the most wear and tear.
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.
bit dry gotta ground
We gotta let the ground dry out a little bit first.
care instead letting roads shape
We think we're in better shape now than we were two years ago. What we have to do is keep repaving our roads and take care of them instead of letting them go to long without having to resurface them again.
knows rely roads talk time
When you talk to the crews, everybody's tired, but at the same time everyone knows they rely on us to keep the roads open. I think we're doing our best. We're just going to keep trying.