Drivers in Tampa are getting used to traffic snarls after water main breaks.
"At what point in time does this stuff get fixed?" complained Joseph Wead, a South Tampa resident.
Brad Baird, the Tampa Water Department's director, says help is on the way.
The city has a 5-year plan to fix the most needed areas, such as South Tampa and Drew Park.
"The pipelines that break the most, those are the ones we fix first," Baird said.
Every year, the city will spend about $10 million to fix aging infrastructure.
And it won't end there. The city is beginning to craft a 10-year master plan to address how to deal with aging infrastructure in the future.
"Tampa is an older city. Every older city in America has had the same problem," said Baird, who says some of the pipes they've fixed recently are up to 100 years old.
Baird adds there are 2,300 miles of infrastructure underground. About 400 miles of those will soon be in need of replacement.