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Winter weather creates potholes

Pavement problems can be reported by dialing 1-800-PATCH-IT

By Kiersten Jaggers, Kentucky Highway Department

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews may have a break from snow and ice duty, but they will be occupied fixing another nuisance created by the snow, ice and freezing temperatures of winter: potholes.

Acting Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock said the public can help highway crews do their jobs.




"Our maintenance crews will be doing a lot of patching as weather permits," Hancock said. "We encourage the public to report potholes through our toll-free hotline or at our Web site. We will do our very best to make repairs in a timely manner."

Potholes develop when water seeps into roadway cracks and freezing and thawing temperatures cause the pavement to expand and break apart. Add volumes of traffic over broken pavement, and small cracks can quickly become large potholes.

Motorists can report potholes in Kentucky by calling 1-800-PATCH-IT or by going online to http://511.ky.gov/Reportapothole.html.


This story was posted on 2010-02-24 16:46:05
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