CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Willowbrook Street could be re-named “Willowholes” because, for decades, it's had more potholes than pavement.
The city of Corpus Christi is giving new hope to residents of streets like these after starting its rapid paving program, which 3NEWS first told you about earlier this year.
It’s the city's plan to cut the number of years needed to pave all city streets down from 60 years to 12 years.
"It's dirt -- there's no pavement,” said resident Jessica Davis. “It's a holey -- there's holes everywhere."
Davis lives along Willowbrook Drive and has had to put up with a pothole-filled street for decades.
The neighborhood off of Everhart and McArdle roads, where residents said most of the streets have been neglected by the city. But that is about to change soon.
The city of Corpus Christi’s Public Works Department crews are now working on the street using its new pavement-only program.
That work also is going on in Flour Bluff, along Tulane Street, which is getting a new thick layer of asphalt.
This is all a part of the city's infrastructure management plan, which aims to have all city streets repaved in a little more than 10 years.
"Our in-house crews are ecstatic to be able to make the progress they're making with this new approach,” said city of Corpus Christi Public Works Asst. Director Manuel Hernandez. “They're getting in and out."
The city hired a company to come in and assess city streets.
A list of the worst streets is now online, and these men are going to be showing up to take care of that work.
"Based on that PCI score, we're doing a worst-to-first approach," Hernandez said.
Once Tulane Street is finished, these men and machines will be headed to the next street on the list.