Potholes in the news
We’re looking at a record year for claims being made against the city for pothole damage. A notable case is reported in lower NDG where it took three years to get a pothole fixed after it caused damage to a new car parked there.
Meantime, the patched pothole that caused a rider to fall on the weekend in the Grand Prix Cycliste has, according to CTV, made the city notorious worldwide although in this piece Geneviève Beauchemin also points out that professional cyclists somehow cope with cobblestone streets when racing in Europe.
azrhey 10:28 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
Cobblestone streets also can, and depending on the area often do, have potholes.
My home town in Portugal has one last street with cobblestones and there has been so so much drama in the last 4 or 5 years about those two stones missing in the street that cause a pothole. people have filled the hole with gravel and pebbles and assorted things, but still it is not pretty and why doesn’t the municipality just fix it instead of spending our taxes in RV parks and bike paths!!!! I can’t believe that commie mayor (actual proper communist party, not the Temu Commies you guys pretend to have in north America 😉 ) got elected twice and that hole is still there!!!
Different language, different continent, same social media rants from the populace… it is oddly comforting, really.
(And someone, someone, could make a pretty buck exporting the orange cone mania too 🙂 )
Ian 10:41 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
I guess the distinction would be that cobblestones are a more or less constant irregular surface but potholes are wherever. (Sing to the tune of “Diamonds are Forever”)
Blork 12:22 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
Picky point: the lower NDG pothole caused damage to a car that drove there, not a car that parked there. (How can a pothole damage a parked car?)
Kate 13:22 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
If it sank in?
Blork 18:09 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
That would be a sinkhole not a pothole.
Blork 19:40 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
Hey, my smile emoji got stripped out!
Ian 20:32 on 2025-09-17 Permalink
Better put up an orange cone where it was to warn people.
haha