The actor and former California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, posted a video of the repairs on what he said was a “giant pothole” in Brentwood.
The city of LA has received 19,642 pothole repair service requests since the end of December, officials said last week, according to NBC LA.
“Today, after the whole neighborhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it. I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go,” tweeted Schwarzenegger.
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However, after being hailed a hero for filling in the pothole, the city claimed he interrupted scheduled maintenance for a ‘service trench.’
According to NBC News, a spokesperson for the city explained that the hole in question is a service trench for the gas company.
“This location is not a pothole. It’s a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May,” the spokesperson said.
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Responding to the authorities, Daniel Ketchell, a spokesperson for Schwarzenegger, said: “If the gas company thinks finishing their work and leaving a trench in one lane of a two-lane road for six months that requires cars and bicyclists to drive in wrong way traffic – again, for six months – they should go back to school.”
He added that Schwarzenegger understands the current LA Mayor, Karen Bass, is only a “few months on the job and trying to hire more road workers and doesn’t blame her.”
As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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