From January to June 2026, La Mesa received 130 complaints from residents about potholes around the city.
In La Mesa and beyond, potholes are a top issue for residents. To find out which streets had the most potholes, Times of San Diego obtained records of resident complaints to the city.
Of the 130 complaints posted since the start of the year, 80 streets were reported to have potholes; in some cases, residents called out entire city blocks.
But which street had the most pothole complaints?
According to city records, Spring Street at the I-8 and I-94 on-ramps had the most complaints citywide.
“A basketball could fit in it,” a resident posted about the Spring Street intersection in February.
“I have hit numerous times,” read the complaint.
“I keep reporting it,” another resident said about the same pothole in May.
The city told Times of San Diego that it works to repair active potholes within days. “We affect pavement repairs within 5 days and typically less for major roadways such as Spring St,” a city spokesperson said.
That, however, didn’t seem to be the case for the several-inch hole on Spring Street and the 94. The pothole was still there.
Meanwhile, other commonly reported streets were Fletcher Parkway and the I-8, 70th Street and the I-8, 5100 Memorial Drive and Lake Murray Boulevard and the I-8.
A resident living in a small subdivision in southwest La Mesa, on Homewood Place, expressed frustration about potholes on their residential street. In the February complaint, the resident stated that they’ve paid City taxes for years, so “how about some action?”
Residents say the city’s failure to fill the potholes is speeding up the wear and tear on their vehicles.
A complaint from March stated that a resident blew out their tire after hitting a pothole on the Fletcher Parkway I-8 ramp, forcing them to pull over for repair.
The resident watched cars continue to pass over the pothole from the side of the street, some even turning around to ask for similar tire repairs, according to the complaint.
Some residents worried their concerns weren’t being addressed in complaints.
“It seems this street is being completely ignored for repairs,” a complaint read in March 2026 about Woodyard Avenue.
Other residents worried about the pothole conditions getting worse.
“These conditions have persisted for several years and continue to deteriorate, causing unsafe driving conditions,” a resident said in their complaint, criticizing multiple potholes on 9600-9800 Lemon Avenue in February.
According to the La Mesa City website, “a majority of streets within the City were built more than 40 years ago and built to different standards than are required today.“
