Resident of 'deficient' Windsor road say it hasn't been fixed in 50 years. City says there's no funding.

An East Windsor resident says the street his house is on hasn't been repaired since 1973 and the city says it doesn't have the funding to improve it anytime soon. 

Chris Jacobson has lived on Jarvis Avenue all his life.

The condition of the street, which is cracked and full of potholes, was apparent when CBC News visited Jacobson at his home this week.

He says the City of Windsor promised to repair the road in the 1990s as part of a plan to develop the East Riverside area. But that work never ended up happening, according to Jacobson.

"Based on the amount of taxes we spend, it just feels like we're being neglected; ignored," he said.

Gutters are also an issue on the road, Jacobson said, pointing out the pools of rainwater collecting on the road and in people's yards.

"The whole street shoulders' fill with water so you can't see what you're driving into," he said. "Two-way traffic becomes a safety issue. It's impossible in the winter through any kind of moderate rainfall that we have on the street."

Other residents are also highlighting the issue on the 'Jarvis Ave. Bulletin Board' on Facebook, which Jacobson and his wife help run.

"They've made an investment," Jacobson said of his neighbours. "They raised their families here. You expect a basic level of maintenance to your street and they're just not seeing it."

Currently, pothole repairs are completed by the city through a complaint-based system set up with 311. Jacobson says whenever a complaint about a pothole on Jarvis Avenue is made, only the reported pothole is fixed and the rest are ignored.

"It's like whack-a-mole to get the potholes fixed," he said. "You have to give the exact location. They don't really do proactive searches for potholes."

Ward 7 Councillor Angelo Marignani says he can empathize with the residents of the street which is within his ward. 

"You have to feel some sort of concern for the people who live on that road," he said. "They pay the same amount of sewer surcharge levies; same amount of taxes.

"They need to receive the same amount of treatment."