COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Among the most common pothole-related questions to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior are: Why do crews fill some, but not all of numerous potholes at an intersection, and why are pothole reports listed as “closed” when they actually still need repair.
Two examples of intersection potholes are at Academy and Dublin boulevards, and at Union Boulevard and Mirage Drive, both on the northeast side of town.
Crews recently patched the worst potholes at those locations, but officials said that filling all of the potholes on such crumbling pavement would waste time and resources.
“We’re going to put that on a list that says in a month or two, or whenever we can build up the resources to tackle it, we’re going to go out, we’re going to close that area, we’ll do a full dig-out, we’re going to repave the whole thing.”
The city would use its own crews for that work, rather than hiring contractors already hired for the annual 2C expanded paving program.
As for the second complaint regarding the status of pothole reports, the city says it will list a report as “closed” after more than one person has reported it, because repairs are already scheduled at that point.
In mid-March, The Road Warrior filed reports on three locations — including the two mentioned above — and received an initial email response that repairs were scheduled for April 1, but a follow-up notification indicated that the repairs were completed on April 8…