EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The recent rainfall in El Paso may have brought relief from the heat, but it also brought a familiar problem to city streets: potholes.
“When rain infiltrates the cracks in asphalt, it seeps down into the base layer,” Randy Garcia, director of the City of El Paso’s Streets and Maintenance Department said. “That moisture weakens the road. Add vehicle traffic on top of it, and eventually the asphalt gives out. That’s when a pothole forms.”
Garcia said potholes usually appear after the rain stops rather than while it’s still falling…