Road work is causing more than traffic concerns on some Southington Roads. More than a dozen drivers are complaining about construction damaging their tires.
A sign on Pleasant Street warns of raised structures on a road where construction continues to make travel difficult.
"Because if you hit that on your tire you could feel it rip," said Deidre Benitez of Southington.
But things were a lot worse in the neighborhood last week on Hobart Street when drivers say it flattened more than a dozen tires.
"It was pretty ripped up so you had to be cautious when you drove," Benitez added.
Though the road is smoother now, it's a street Southington drivers had tire troubles on and they're blaming it on road construction.
Now some, like Tom DiPietro, want the town to foot the bill for their flats.
"My dashboard light came on to tell me I had low tire pressure," said DiPietro, who described his experience on Hobart Street about two weeks ago. Little did he know, "I was actually riding on the rubber."
He had to get his front right tire fixed; the dealership told him road hazards could be to blame.
"I had just come up Hobart Street and they're doing road repairs there and he said that was probably it," said DiPietro. "But anyway I had to replace it to the tune of $180."
Now he wants the town to pay for it. Workers told him to talk to the town clerk
"They told me to send the letter in and what happened and where and what day it was and send in a copy of the receipt," DiPietro said.
So far he hasn't heard anything. Other drivers weren't bothered by the repairs.
"When they dug it up, of course it was going to be bumpy but if you got smarts and brains," said Paul Faryniarz, a maintenance worker for the stables on Pleasant Street.
DiPietro just wants answers. "It's not easy every day I can throw $180 to get a tire fixed when there's nothing wrong with a tire."
He says he has only put about 4,000 miles on the car and that the tires were as good as new.
NBC Connecticut also reached out to the town clerk and we're waiting for comment as to whether or not their insurance company will foot the bill for all these blown tires.