Two Oakland women painstakingly paint potholes

A neighbor walks her dog past a large pothole in the middle of Broadway Terrace in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Street maintenance crews are struggling to keep up with a large number of potholes due to the constant rain. less A neighbor walks her dog past a large pothole in the middle of Broadway Terrace in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Street maintenance crews are struggling to keep up with a large number of potholes ... more Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Two Oakland women painstakingly paint potholes 1 / 24 Back to Gallery

Potholes dot windy Thornhill Road in Oakland's Montclair neighborhood, and two Good Samaritans took it upon themselves to mark every single dip in the roadway.

Linda Foust and Wendy Kurosawa marked every hole from Heather Ridge Way to the Highway 13 on-ramp. That's about 1.5 miles of bending over backward for neighborhood road safety.

Town Crier: Oakland hills women take to street to mark potholes https://t.co/7HaLrCAo9e pic.twitter.com/kivrqz7eR4 — East Bay Times (@EastBayTimes) March 21, 2017

"They give more warning and are more easily seen in time for evasive action," Foust told East Bay Times of the markings. She said many passing drivers gave a thumbs up in approval, with one man making a donation to help cover the cost of the materials.

The women's efforts may just have got the attention of the city. Public Works pothole supervisor Harry Batiste told the newspaper that he'll be sending a road repair crew to Thornhill next week, if weather permits.

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Potholes are one of a number of traffic problems caused by this winter's rainy weather, which has spurred a series of mudslides, highway closures, and other shoddy road conditions.

For East Bay residents concerned about a pock-marked road, the pothole hotline can be reached at (51) 615-5566.

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