Residents in Pasco County have been voicing frustrations about potholes, cracks, and uneven pavement on their neighborhood roads, prompting questions about how repairs are prioritized.

Sunray Drive in Holiday is currently undergoing repaving, and Ryan Bagedly, who operates the Second City Pizza trailer on the corner, has been watching the work.

It gives me a lot of hope. I just wish they would do it a little bit faster, Bagedly said.

Pasco County Public Works Director Jason Mickel said the county uses a scientific process to decide which roads to fix.

The worst roads arent necessarily the top priority roads. The top priority roads become the roads that we can fix most efficiently, Mickel said.

According to Mickel, resurfacing a road like Sunray costs about $350,000 a mile. Thats far l

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