WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |TDOT works to fix Metro potholes permanently
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – TDOT and public works crews deal with potholes every winter, but this year's harsh winter has made it worse, and the problem is getting them filled permanently.
After days of snow, rain, sleet and ice, potholes are popping up all over the place.
Donald Reid, paving manager with Metro Public Works, said, "We've had more freeze-thaw cycles this winter than in the past, so it's been a big problem."
Metro Public Works has filled more than its share of potholes in Nashville lately.
"We're repairing hundreds of potholes on a daily basis, especially during the winter," Reid told News 2.
To repair the potholes, crews need hot mix, which is in high demand during this time of the year because it's a permanent fix.
There are several plants in the mid-state that produce hot mix and sell it to T-DOT and Metro, but few of them operate during the winter.
At the LoJac plant in Antioch, business was brisk Thursday.
Casin Swann with LoJac said, "It's a very popular place considering that LoJac is one of the few companies that ends up running asphalt plant this time of year."
When hot mix isn't available, potholes sometimes have to be filled with a cold mix instead.
"Cold mix is more of a temporary patch. State, city and local government use it when we're not producing hot mix," Swann said.
T-DOT ordered more than 22 tons of hot mix on Thursday.
Metro Public Works covers 5,600 lane miles in the Nashville area, and is patching potholes as quickly as it can.
In the meantime, if drivers run into any potholes, they are urged to alert Metro Public Works by calling 862-8750 or report it online at Nashville.gov.
"We've got a big county to cover, and we don't always know where every pothole is, so we welcome that information," said Reid.
People can also report potholes in Davidson County by posting the problem areas on SeeClickFix.com.
After the potholes are fixed, the orange boxes on the map of the county change to blue.
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