City promises pothole repairs
The city is promising pothole repairs in all parts of town.
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Ian 23:08 on 2022-03-10 Permalink
The pothole on the highway are impressive too, even sites finished as recently as 2 years ago. Cote-de-Liesse has a few jaw clackers in around the circle that will easily flatten a tire.
Kate 10:52 on 2022-03-11 Permalink
I don’t usually pothole-spot, not being a driver, but in a short walk yesterday from my place down to Jean-Talon, I was struck by the size of the potholes at intersections, and I saw one car dragging itself along on a flat tire.
Joey 12:29 on 2022-03-11 Permalink
It feels like there are more potholes and that the potholes are worse, but that feeling could just be recency bias (or a bunch of other biases). I wonder if there are any statistics on potholes. Assuming things are indeed worse, it would be interesting to know what explains the deterioration – presumably some combination of climate change (more freeze-thaw cycles, I guess) and increasingly poor repairs from previous seasons.
DeWolf 13:49 on 2022-03-11 Permalink
We’ve had a number of freeze-thaw cycles this winter which always makes things worse. Last year was consistently cold and then consistently warm and there were very few potholes (I seem to recall Kate linking to some news stories about this). Previous years were pretty bad – I remember riding my bike in May 2017 and the number of potholes and cracks in the road that hadn’t yet been repaired was pretty incredible.
Chris 13:40 on 2022-03-12 Permalink
>I don’t usually pothole-spot, not being a driver…
You’re clearly not a cyclist either then. 🙂 We cyclists hate potholes even more than motorists do.
Do report potholes to 311, they actually fix them pretty quickly, because once they are aware of them, they become liable.
Kate 16:09 on 2022-03-12 Permalink
I have been a cyclist. One time, a few years ago, I was going along Milton near Park, and wanted to go up an alley there (I always chose an alley rather than a busy street if it was an option). There was a puddle between the sidewalk and the alley, which didn’t look very deep, so I cycled through it – but what I couldn’t see was that there was a narrow, deep pothole under it, which swallowed my front wheel. Came off the bike in a spectacular endo. So I know.