@houstonchronicle: Faded road markings and signs are a familiar frustration for Houston drivers. This year, more people are complaining about the problem. Data from Houston’s 311 complaint hotline shows that residents filed more reports about faded lanes, crosswalks and signs in the first five months of 2026 compared to the same period last year. Residents submitted 287 reports about faded markings and signs from January to May this year. That's more than double the 141 reports filed from January to May in 2025. 📝 & 📹: Octavia Johnson / traffic reporter

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celeste.6.torres
€eleste Torres🤠 :
Mamdani pls fix this if you can hear me
2026-08-12 00:14:06
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eelisabitcha
eelisabitcha :
There are multiple roads that merge into 1 lane with no lines and no signs!
2026-08-11 22:52:55
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aguila713_832
🇲🇽🧸CHRI$🇺🇸 :
and people driving with high beams on cause of this makes it even worse
2026-08-11 22:29:10
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nxrn1xx
ִ ࣪𖤐 Narnia ‧₊˚🕷‧₊˚ִ ࣪𖤐 :
yes they need to repaint badddd some places on i-10, everyone is genuinely freestyling
2026-08-11 22:33:45
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kjvarnado
KJ :
They need to smooth the roads out too. Too many potholes and too many dips.
2026-08-11 23:34:31
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mrs..contreras5
Mrs. Contreras :
Hmmm… wonder where tax payer money is going
2026-08-12 00:56:44
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yosoytumaestro94
YosoyTumaestro94 :
I hurd enough , raise hpd starting salary to 160k/yr
2026-08-12 00:23:16
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kingofspade83
KingOfSpade :
But the governor’s priority was removing any rainbow crosswalk 😏
2026-08-12 14:37:20
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hottxmom80
Hottxmom :
Driving in houston every day is a nightmare.That's why I stay in my little area.If you go outside two ninety area it's craziest s***.
2026-08-12 13:41:09
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ahn.ya09
notahnya :
WHEN ITS RAINING OHHH LAWD
2026-08-12 16:11:48
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zeinobia25
Sara :
The worst is when they widen a road and don’t bother to get rid of the old lane markings, so now there are two sets of lane markings and you only know the right one because it’s darker 🙃
2026-08-13 02:21:32
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robocop_ocp_8788
robocop8788 :
City is broke and energy capital of the world is an overstatement/inflated
2026-08-12 15:51:12
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rivvsangg713
Al3X_713 :
Instead of using unnecessary amounts of money to fund ridiculous and pointless things such as ICE and police equipment, unnecessary road construction where repairs aren’t needed or wanted they need to focus on things that actually need repair such as road markings and signs. All these outa towners moving in here need to see how driving out here works. Yall need to focus on training the city construction workers on actually doing the job properly instead of doing a half a** job that will need another repair in 1 month or two.
2026-08-11 22:04:24
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713tex
713TEX :
There's a lot street signs completely faded. If it wasn't for Google Maps, I wouldn't know what street I was on.
2026-08-12 00:10:36
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ranger_houston
Ranger Houston :
And then when it rains you can’t even see the markings on the highway, it’s like everyone just agrees to make up lanes as best as we can
2026-08-12 21:50:32
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melodicangelprincess
melodicangelprincess :
I’m pretty sure I go about my entire day without knowing if I’m even in a lane
2026-08-12 13:43:51
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meechie1222
meechie1222 :
I'm a truck driver. I strongly agree you cannot see those lines, especially when it's raining.
2026-08-12 10:40:05
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sunshinesister
🔅Ŝunshıneṣıster🔅 :
But the city has plenty of money for cameras to watch us wreck into each other
2026-08-12 13:11:53
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_travispolitakis
Travis Politakis :
Yes!! Esp when it’s raining. There’s a stretch of 249 near tomball that’s almost impossible to drive on when raining
2026-08-13 11:04:47
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solorumble504
Nolaboiiii :
This is crazy and I’ve only seen these problems in Houston badly
2026-08-12 17:39:13
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prettyoriginalasli
PrettyOriginalAsli :
We paying all these property taxes for nothing it’s ridiculous…closing schools down smh 🤦‍♀️bad roads
2026-08-11 23:40:57
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eurekasnys1420
eurekasnys|-/ :
YES! Almost got me killed just bc I kept straight in a turning lane. I didn’t see the lines or NOTHING bc it was faded away. This man literally kept swerving in front of me to stop me and followed me for a hot minute until I sped off and lost him. It’s ridiculous
2026-08-12 17:27:06
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c.bennett408
Le_Joker408 :
oh but we dont want to sell thc and tax it so we can do stuff like fix roads, we'd rather turn people into felons.
2026-08-13 01:31:34
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prestonbarry
prestonbarry :
I’m confused because I think we can ALL agree Houston roads are terrible. So the question is WHY are the politicians NOT doing anything about truly fixing the roads? Why don’t you guys do your job and investigate them? It’s 100% corruption
2026-08-12 02:19:15
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