Kicker: Another way to fix potholes

NICK EICHER, HOST: Well, they say you can never fight city hall. But don’t tell Josh Anderson of Hopewell, Virginia. He would beg to differ.

Over the course of about a year. he pleaded with the city to repair a pothole on a road he has to travel to get to and from work.

It was a big pothole, too. The audio from TV station WTVR.

JOSH ANDERSON: It was about a foot deep. I mean, if you hit it at a good speed, it would mess your car up.

Yeah, it would. But, you know, the same hole that would ruin a perfectly good wheel alignment might also support a healthy root system.

So one morning he planted a tree in it, took some pictures, and posted them to social media.

Needless to say, that got the city out there, but only to uproot the tree and leave the hole.

So he planted another, and this time strung some lights around it.

And the second time was the charm. The city uprooted tree number two, but this time filled the pothole with asphalt, which is all Anderson had been asking for.

This local gentleman expects to see imitators.

RESIDENT: I think we might see more trees planted around Hopewell in the streets.

Or maybe potholes filled. It’s The World and Everything in It.

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