Last spring, the City of Airdrie's Roads Department was inundated by complaints about potholes on city streets.  

This year, things have drastically improved, according to the Team Lead for Airdrie Roads.

Mike Avramenko explains that the reasonably pleasant start to winter made a big difference to Airdrie streets.   "Just the last eight weeks were cold," says Avramenko.  "We're in a lot better shape this spring than we were in last spring.  I think our pothole volume is down about 30 percent this spring.  In the next four to five weeks we're going to continue our blitz."

The warm spring weather has allowed crews to already start filling in potholes, Avramenko explains.  "We've already done a complete blitz of the city-wide on our Priority One network.  During that initial blitz, they're just looking for the potholes that are in the wheel-paths and those that are in the pedestrian crosswalks.  They're currently working on some of the Priority Twos.  Once we finish off the twos, we'll go back to the ones."

Avramenko says, traditionally, most pothole repairs are done in the spring.  During the winter, holes get filled with ice and snow and eventually get bigger.  They're looked after in a four to five-week blitz.   After that, Avramenko says if they get a complaint about a pothole, they'll get out to fix it. 

Avramenko says complaints from Airdrie drivers are also way down this spring.  He says the best way to report a pothole is on the city's website. 

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