by KYW’s Mike DunnThe Street administration is declaring victory in its war, begun last April, on potholes.
In April, the Streets Department launched a 100-day assault on potholes, dubbed "Operation Smooth Streets." That effort comes to a close on Friday.
Streets commissioner Clarena Tolson says they have worked through a huge backlog of potholes and now have a one-day turnaround on filling the holes:
“We’ve cleared out our backlog of potholes by repairing over 13,490 potholes. And of them, over 83 percent were done within one day.”
This was done in part by hiring 40 new road workers and by buying new equipment. If you see a nasty pothole in the city, call the Streets Department at
215-686-5560, or go to their web site,
potholes.phila.gov.
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