COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s one thing to fill a single pothole on a city street, but it’s quite another to patch up to a dozen of them, including some that are large and deep, in the same intersection.
KRDO13’s The Road Warrior recently responded to viewer complaints about two such intersections: Academy and Dublin Boulevards, and Union Boulevard/Mirage Drive.
It’s hard to believe that an intersection can have so many bad potholes.
Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, said that he understands citizens are frustrated with potholes, but that crews are doing all they can given the city’s growing size and limited resources.
Mulledy said that as soon as possible, crews prioritize filling the worst potholes, then return later to pave an intersection to stabilize it…