A town in Pennsylvania came up with a creative way to draw attention to a gaping pothole that grew worse as weeks went by.
WNEP reported that neighbors in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, said the hole was not getting fixed despite complaints, so Marietta Spak decided to fill it with an artificial Christmas tree over the weekend.
“I was upstairs in the attic and was looking for more Christmas decorations and I came upon the tree and I thought, ‘That’d look nice in the hole,’” Spak said.
She put the tree in her car and placed it in the hole as a way to keep drivers from hitting it.
“It can cause so many problems with these holes,” she said. “And that’s not just a pothole. That’s sinkage, and it’s starting to spider web.”
Another neighbor, Gary Muchler, also got in on the fun, posing with a watering can with the tree and a Santa that was stuck next to the tree.
The hole has since been remedied with a metal slab, but WPVI reported the hole may be fixed as early as Tuesday. City officials said there has been a delay in fixing the hole because the paving company has a number of other projects ahead of it.
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