GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Green Bay Public Works says since last week, its seven crews have filled hundreds of potholes, including on roads like Shawano Avenue and Webster Street.
Public Works Operations Director Chris Pirlot tells WLUK…
“We’ve actually been out patching potholes since we could start last week, after we were done with our scrapping operations throughout the city”
Pirlot says the damage is caused by constant freezing and thawing.
Something we’ve been seeing regularly.
“We had that snowstorm last week that ended up giving us some ice, then it got warm and a night it got cool again, and during the day warm. That’s exactly how potholes are caused” Pirlot says compared to past years, this has been one of the earliest crews have been out
“It could very well be 10 to 15 years since we’ve really had to hit it this hard in January.”
And for drivers like Adam Mommaerts… he’s doing his his bes to avoid the craters, in hopes of avoiding costly repairs.
“Trying to avoid those and being safe, because that’s not fun expense.”
