Municipal staff getting ready for ‘pothole blitz’
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This article was published 07/05/2024 (615 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
City staff are preparing for a “pothole blitz” on Thursday through Saturday this week, Brandon City Council heard at its Monday meeting.
General manager of operations Patrick Pulak said staff will be sent out in four teams, one tackling each quadrant of the city after an “extraordinary winter” that created a lot of potholes.
As with snow clearing and street sweeping, priority streets will be tackled before residential ones.
However, if it is raining and water starts to fill potholes, Pulak said, crews won’t be able to do their work.
To facilitate the work, Pulak said the asphalt plant the city works with is extending its opening hours. If the work doesn’t get done this week, he said teams would be sent out again next week.
Pulak also said Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure has asked the city for assistance in repairing the intersections of Victoria Avenue and 18th Street and Richmond Avenue and 18th Street.
According to Pulak, roads like 34th Street that were treated with a seal coating last year seem to have fewer potholes on them.
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