COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It was with much fanfare late last September that Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced the city’s hiring of 12 public works employees.
Although those workers have a variety of duties, Mobolade brought them on to fulfill a campaign promise of devoting more resources to filling potholes.
The new crews appear to be off to a successful start — even with milder and drier fall and winter weather bringing less rain, snow and freezing temperatures that contribute to pothole formation.
Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, said this week that crews have patched nearly 21,000 potholes this year.
That’s an increase of 7,000 over the same period a year ago…