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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s pothole season.<\/p>\n
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The time of year when the freeze-thaw cycle can cause pavement to crumble, leaving large divots in the roadway, and cost drivers a lot of money to repair the damage to their vehicles if they\u2019re unsuccessful at dodging them in time.<\/p>\n
While city crews are out filling some of them \u2014 and have been since January, weather permitting \u2014 city officials admit that the wild swings in the weather recently have delayed the work a bit this year.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because the same city employees in charge of keeping the streets clear of snow are also responsible for filling those divots in the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cPotholes typically form when moisture penetrates the surface of the road, freezes below the surface creating an ice pocket. The pocket melts and there\u2019s a void there, and when driven over becomes the pothole,\u201d said Chris McGeachy of the City of Calgary roads department.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur crews are responding to potholes (but) of course with the kind of extended winter, you know the blitz did start a little later. Our focus here up until sweeping is blitzing the potholes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tThe city of Calgary says the same crews that repair potholes are also responsible for clearing the streets of snow, which mean\u2019s the recent snowfalls have them playing catch-up on potholes.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n
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Some of the repair work \u2014 on major provincial roads, such as Deerfoot Trail \u2014 is also the responsibility of the province.<\/p>\n
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In a written statement to Global News, the province says with up to 180,000 vehicles travelling Deerfoot Trail every day, most of the repair work on Deerfoot needs to be done at night or during non-peak hours to avoid periods of high traffic volume.<\/p>\n
With more snow in the forecast<\/a> \u2014 April is traditionally the second snowiest month of the year \u2014 the City of Calgary says it won\u2019t know how this year\u2019s pothole season stacks up against previous seasons until about May.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n But mechanics in the city are already seeing some frustrated pothole victims facing costly repairs such as broken struts and blown tires.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tMechanic, Brandon Dawborn, says he sees a lot of frustrated drivers with pothole damage, not because of anything they did, but just because of the road they were driving on.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cIf you hit a pothole and it bends your rim, all of a sudden you got some vibrations going on. $500, anywhere up to $1,000 if you\u2019re replacing rims,\u201d said Brandon Dawborn of Chetlen Auto Tech and Repair, who has a shop just off Macleod Train in the south Calgary community of Willow Park.<\/p>\n \u201cOn an all-wheel-drive vehicle, if you damage one tire, you have to get a whole new set of tires all the way around.\u201c<\/p>\n \u201cIt does draw a lot of customers and it really sucks, because a lot of times it\u2019s not \u2026 how they\u2019re driving or anything. It\u2019s just the road driving on,\u201d added Dawborn.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tThis city map, showing the location and repair status of some of the nastiest potholes in the city, also has a link to a form allowing drivers to report any potholes they encounter.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tSource: calgary.ca\/potholes\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n