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In late September, we told you about issues a reader had with a busy area of Virginia-Highlands.

“At the intersection of Park Drive and Virginia Avenue there is broken asphalt in the center of this intersection. About 40 feet north on Park Drive are two metal plates all the way across entire road,” he wrote. We heard back from the city. “Road repairs were scheduled to take place on Sept. 25, but were delayed when a contractor for another utility hit a water main at the intersection of Park Drive and Virginia Avenue. The water main repair was completed on Friday evening, and service has been restored. Street restoration work for both locations along Park Drive have been rescheduled and any metal plates in the roadway will be removed,” wrote one of the city’s press information officers Christina Cruz -Benton. Days on list: 7 Who got it fixed: City of Atlanta Department of Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza, 404-330-6240, rmendoza@atlantaga.gov

We sent the item to the county and learned the potholes had been fixed. Days on list: 6 Who’s looking into it: DeKalb County Chief Communications Officer Burke Brennan, bbrenna n@dekalbcountyga.gov few months ago, I would usually stop at the light to turn right onto Clairmont, and there are usually about 7 or 8 cars lined up with the right-turn lane usually able to keep moving and merging onto Clairmont,” he wrote. We heard back from the DOT. “The Georgia DOT Regional Traffic Operations Program team has reviewed the operations of the intersections along this section of Clairmont Road. We have confirmed that all intersection hardware is functioning properly and that there have been no signal timing changes at any of these intersections in the past month. We have noticed an increase in traffic, some of which is certainly due to the returning of school traffic. We are actively working to develop new timing and operational strategies to mitigate some of this demand,” wrote communications officer Annalysce Baker-Wilson. Days on list: 7 Who’s looking into it: Natalie Dale, Georgia Department of Transportation, ndale@dot.ga.gov.

CONTRIBUTED A reader hopes a series of potholes can soon be fixed in DeKalb County.