- Salt Lake City relaunches ‘Pothole Palooza’ to repair spring potholes damage.
- Over 3,300 potholes have been filled since Monday; the goal is to at least match last year’s total of 6,759.
- Additional work is expected to be completed this summer.
SALT LAKE CITY — This winter was one of Salt Lake City’s least snowy on record, but that didn’t stop seasonal roadway damage from happening.
A mix of heavy moisture and temperatures bouncing back and forth from record-breaking to below-freezing still wreaked havoc on the 1,905 miles of road the city manages.
“The freeze-thaw cycle, in addition to the stress put (on the asphalt) by driving on the roads, leaves behind many potholes at the end of the season — very noticeable, some of them,” said Jorge Chamorro, director at Salt Lake City’s Public Services Department, as he stood by a weathering road near the Jordan River trail in Glendale on Wednesday morning…