- Salt Lake City relaunches “Pothole Palooza” to address road complaints.
- City leaders urge residents to report potholes online.
- Last year’s event filled nearly 6,000 potholes; this year aims for similar success.
SALT LAKE CITY — Jorge Chamorro doesn’t have an exact number for how many complaints he’s received about potholes, but he knows it’s a large portion of the road concerns Salt Lake City receives either through emails, calls or its mobile app.
“There is no day that goes by without reports of potholes,” says Chamorro, director of Salt Lake City’s Department of Public Service.
And while this winter offered some of the best road surface conditions that his team could hope for, the more than 1,900 lane miles of roads that Utah’s capital city manages always suffer from wear and tear through age and regular traffic from residents, workers and visitors alike…