Mayor Dave: “Yeah, uhm… sorry ’bout that”

I’d be more apt to accept the apology if it didn’t get buried late on a Friday night.

Mayor Dave apologizes for city road conditions

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz apologized Friday for decisions he made this week during a massive snowstorm that led major city streets to resemble icy washboards and prompted numerous complaints from drivers.

“Please have a little patience,” Cieslewicz said in an interview Friday. “I understand it’s been difficult. I apologize for that. I take responsibility for it, personally.”

Slick streets and rutted roads this week have led to accidents, slide offs and traffic delays as the city digs out from the sixth largest two-day snowfall in 60 years.

As of late Friday, no traffic incidents in the city had resulted in a serious injury, Madison police said. But police logged 263 accident calls from noon Tuesday until noon Friday, more than two times as many as police received in the three days prior to the storm.

Cieslewicz urged drivers to use caution, and said roads will improve soon.

“Patience, 25 degrees and some sunshine will take care of the problem,” he said.