EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials in the county and in Colorado Springs say that they’re repairing as many as or more potholes than they did last year, even with more streets repaved than ever before.
County crews have patched 12,000 potholes, 3,000 more than last year; city crews have repaired more than 92,000 — which may fall just short of two recent years with a record of over 100,000.
There are several reasons for the increases: Crews are still catching up from an unusually wet spring and summer of 2023; more potholes are being reported; and officials have more crews on duty to fill the mini-craters.
Last week, a county supervisor said that his crews are more fixing potholes that they come across, and fewer that are reported by citizens.
Some citizens may be unclear about who’s responsible for pothole repairs in certain areas; that apparently was the case recently when a large pothole opened up at the intersection of Highway 85/87 (state jurisdiction) and Las Vegas Street (county jurisdiction).