OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — At a recent campaign event, Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert made a claim that the city has fewer potholes now than in years past.
- “What we are seeing, even though this is a light winter, is fewer potholes than we had in the past because I wanted a fix to the roads — a solution. I just didn’t want to keep on with the band-aid solution of filling potholes.”
- Since the 2020 bond was passed, Stothert says 1,000 lane miles out of 5,000 in Omaha have been rehabilitated.
- Mayor Stothert says her goal is to resurface all 5,000 lane miles in Omaha every 20 years.
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From warm and sunny to cold, snowy, and windy — it’s the perfect recipe for potholes to form. I’m Jill Lamkins, outside the newsroom.
On Tuesday, at a press conference where Omaha Fire Chief Kathy Boseman announced she’d be endorsing Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert in her re-election, the mayor claimed that the city has fewer potholes now than in years past…