No doubt you've been swerving to avoid a pothole or two on the way to and from work recently.
The City of Saint John's Municipal Operations department receiving many calls since the beginning of the month with a lack of snow on the road and the freeze/thaw cycle breaking up the asphalt.
Deputy Commissioner Kevin Rice tells CHSJ News says when crews are not clearing snow, they are surveying the city examining the roads and keeping up with potholes.
He says their mandate is too fill the potholes with cold mix which is a temporary fix until the hot asphalt plant opens in the spring.
The City of Saint John's Municipal Operations department receiving many calls since the beginning of the month with a lack of snow on the road and the freeze/thaw cycle breaking up the asphalt.
Deputy Commissioner Kevin Rice tells CHSJ News says when crews are not clearing snow, they are surveying the city examining the roads and keeping up with potholes.
He says their mandate is too fill the potholes with cold mix which is a temporary fix until the hot asphalt plant opens in the spring.
Rice says the cold fix is a very sticky material and as vehicles especially transports drive over the pothole, the material sticks to the tires and gets pulled out of the hole a little bit at a time. He says they have situations where they have go back and refill a pothole that was repaired a day or a week earlier.
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