SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) – A New York woman has taken on the post-winter pothole problem in her hometown by filling them with pansies.
After months of severe weather left the streets of Schenectady (skeh-NEHK’-tah-dee) pocked with pavement craters and public works crews scrambling to fix them, some residents began filling in the holes themselves.
Elaine Santore (san-TOHR’) decided to take it a step further by dumping dirt and pansies into potholes on two streets. She tells The Daily Gazette of Schenectady that she decided to plant the flowers to draw attention to the problem and to make people smile after what she called “a horrible winter.”
Of the 10 holes she’s filled with flowers since Monday, Santore told The Associated Press on Friday that she believes all have now been repaired by city crews.
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Information from: The Daily Gazette, http://www.dailygazette.com/