COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Potholes have been a big priority for Mayor Yemi Mobalade since he took office three years ago.
And now, in the final year of his first term in office, he’s making good on his campaign promise to reduce the number of potholes on city streets.
Around 10:30 a.m., the city held a media briefing to release results of a pothole saturation patrol, or “surge,” that was announced in May.
The five-week operation devoted more time and resources to patching potholes.
Included in the effort was the purchase of two pothole repair trucks to replace the two oldest trucks in the fleet; officials said that some of the 13-truck fleet breaks down occasionally because of frequent use…