Saskatoon's most wanted, the pothole map is back

It's shake, rattle and roll season on Saskatoon's streets.

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"It's a tough time for potholes," said Jeff Jorgenson, the City's general manager of transportation and utilities.

Jorgenson was a guest Monday on CBC Radio's Saskatoon Morning.

The city is again asking drivers who've been rattled on the roadsto get evenand report those potholes online so that work crews can hunt themdown and fix them.

The pothole reporting map is back for another season, and there are some new features this year that can help city work crews better evaluate whether the pothole is a low, medium or high priority.

"Having all those eyes and ears out there to help us identify where the potholes are is important," said Jorgenson.

Winter helped

Another helping hand for pothole crews came in the form of a milder winter, with a lot less snow. Jorgenson said the streets that where repaved last year seem to have fared well. The epicentre for new potholes this season, he said, can be found on the older roads.

"Once you get any kind of cracking in a road from having an older surface, that's where we get the potholes."

For now the dream of smooth roads in the city relies only on a temporary fix using a cold fill.

"We are still dealing with the spring freeze/thaw and we don't have the hot mix yet to get out and start the permanent repair program."

But the true fix could come early this year, again aided by a milder winter. Jorgenson said the regular hot asphalt needed to seal up those road craters for good is a couple of weeks ahead on schedule and could be ready to go by the middle of the month.