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City Pours Another $40 Million To Fill Potholes

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Jen Chung

Published Jun 3, 2011

Modified Jun 3, 2011

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Published Jun 3, 2011

Modified Jun 3, 2011

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After criticism that the Department of Transportation has been lagging with filling potholes after one of the worst winters ever, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn announced that the city will add another $40 million to fix the troubled streets. Her news came during a City Council hearing where members blasted the DOT—Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) said he got two flat tires from potholes last week, "I can only imagine what's happening to my constituents."

According to the Post, the increased funding starts on July 1, so the DOT " can fix 1,000 miles of damaged roads instead of 750, including portions of White Plains Road in The Bronx, Bay Parkway in Brooklyn and Queens Boulevard. [Sadik-Kahn] also acknowledged that while her agency has filled 286,000 potholes so far this calendar year, there is still a backlog of 4,000." The News reports, "Every year, starting in April, DOT steps back from pothole repairs to concentrate on complete street repaving, taking advantage of the limited window of warm weather required for that work. The city maintains a limited number of teams to handle the remaining potholes."

You can check the city's pothole Tumblr, The Daily Pothole.

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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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