You can help make bicycling safer in your community. Road hazards are a problem for cyclists anytime of the year, not just in the spring.
You all remember the ‘Pot Hole’ season. It starts at the end of winter and ends in late fall when all the road construction projects are either completed or put to bed for the winter.
Cyclists can easily spot road hazard that motorist do not see and have no problem negotiating. Cyclists have a much better view of road hazards, especially those that can be a problem to us.
One of the easy things you can do is report the road hazard to the appropriate municipality’s highway department.
A sewer grate has fallen below the road level, a hole has developed along a curb, there is a separation in the road running parallel to the shoulder, or the shoulder has fallen away.
This form contains the road hazard reporting phone number or web site of NYS, Monroe County or the City of Rochester.
Road Hazard Reporting
Fill in the blanks and mail it in, call in or submit on-line.
Use your odometer or a nearby address or landmarks to pinpoint the spot where the road hazard exists.
Notify the appropriate municipality. If the information is sent to the incorrect municipality the message will be passed on to the appropriate municipality.
Mailing Addresses
State Roads; NYS DOT, 1530 Jefferson Rd., Rochester, NY, 14623.
Monroe County Roads, DOT, 50 West main St., Rochester, NY, 14614.
Rochester City Streets, Dept. of Environmental Services, 30 Church St, Rochester, NY, 14614.
For individual towns, call to the town’s highway department.
Phone Hotline Numbers or Web Addresses
State Roads; 1.800.POTHOLE, (1.800.768.4653).
Monroe County Roads; 585.760.7750 or http://www.monroecounty.gov/dot-pothole.php
Rochester City Streets; 585.438.5990 or http://www.cityofrochester.gov/index.cfm?id=642
Report this information to the appropriate municipality.
Location of problem___________________________________________________
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Type of Problem _______________________________________________________
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Date of this report: ______________ Your Phone ____________________________
Your name: ____________________________________________________________
Your Address ________________________________________________________
If the hazard is not on a state, county or city road you need to report the hazard to the correct township’s highway department. Don’t know the township than report the hazard to the county. The county will direct the information to the appropriate township or give you that information for you to do the reporting.
It is that simple and it works. The hazards are usually eliminated in days.
