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April 5, 2013
"Potholepalooza" Hits Chicago This Weekend
CDOT Encourages Chicagoans to Report Potholes in “Weekend Festival of Pothole Reporting”
CDOT Media Affairs    312.744.0707

cdotnews@cityofchicago.org

Tired of Drivin ‘N Cryin’ in Traffic over the Minor Threat of potholes in the Pavement?  Ready to see nothing but The White Stripes on the roadway and not worry about The Cars swerving to avoid potholes?

This weekend, if you are motorist or a Motörhead, participate in the first-ever “Potholepalooza,”  the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) call to Chicagoans to report as many street potholes as possible.  Then watch the show next week as CDOT has The Cure for your Moody Blues and fills all of the potholes reported from Friday, April 5 through Sunday April 6 so that your car doesn’t do the Harlem Shake and give you Divine Fits.

Thus far in 2013, CDOT crews have filled nearly 250,000 potholes with asphalt, Rolling Stones and Tar, with as many as 27crews out on the street each day.  In March, Men at Work gave Blood, Sweat and Tears to fill more than 116,000 holes with more than 1,200 tons of patching material, creating Nirvana for many drivers, and in the first week of April have addressed nearly 20,000 more, making roadways fit for the Queen.

This show won’t sell out, and even Wallflowers can have fun. and report potholes to CDOT through not just one Tool, but a number of venues, including:

Making The Call to 311
Using the City’s website at www.cityofchicago.org/311
Using various Open 311 smartphone apps including: SeeClickFix and Chicago Works. For more web and smartphone civic apps, visit Chicago Digital.
Using ChiText by texting “Chicago” to 311311  to start the reporting process
“We are making great progress in filling potholes this spring, but we need Chicagoans to help us identify all of the locations where work needs to be done,” said CDOT Commissioner Gabe Klein. “This weekend surge in reporting will allow us to address as many potholes as possible until we switch many of the pothole crews to street resurfacing in a couple of weeks.”

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 5, 2013 at 1:49pm

Awesome! I reported that pothole in the east bound bike lane on 18th just east of State about two weeks ago. Then yesterday I noticed that someone had painted a circle around it. I suppose that could be just to draw our attention to it, but I'm going to assume that the paint it is a step along the way of fixing it.

Now that you've reminded me, I'm also gonna report the amazing amount of glass on the 18th St bridge...

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on April 5, 2013 at 1:49pm

I regularly keep paper and pen handy to note pothole locations so I can report them later.  I do this both when walking and biking.  I often report batches from the same neighborhood and I usually see speedy results.

Permalink Reply by Ace Mann on April 6, 2013 at 11:36am
Anyone use the seeclickfix app?
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on April 6, 2013 at 3:06pm

So if I don't have time to go inventory potholes this weekend, I'm out of luck?

Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on April 6, 2013 at 3:25pm

Any potholes not reported this weekend will remain unfilled until 2014.

h' 1.0 said:

So if I don't have time to go inventory potholes this weekend, I'm out of luck?

Permalink Reply by David P. on April 6, 2013 at 3:45pm

Nice! Reporting begun.

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on April 6, 2013 at 9:26pm

Did someone at CDOT Media Affairs find their 90's XRT mix tape?  Cause nothing screams "relevant" to white kids in their late 30's like Drivin n Cryin, Pavement, Motorhead and that great new band White Stripes.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on April 7, 2013 at 1:55pm

Ahhh Crap! Missed my opportunity...

I noticed yesterday a city truck filled with thick oily gooey asphalt being stuffed into the crevices all along Paulina with no steam roller to mash them down with.

Perhaps the cars will help mash them down for us and get a nice sticky surprize all over thier panels and wheel wells.

Justin B Newman said:

Any potholes not reported this weekend will remain unfilled until 2014.

h' 1.0 said:

So if I don't have time to go inventory potholes this weekend, I'm out of luck?

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on April 7, 2013 at 2:59pm

That's how they're doing it now-- overfilling with the expectation that cars will mash them down (too bad for any bikes that come through before that happens.)

Don't fret about being too late... it'll come back through a year from now.  Do you have some sort of calendar app that can remind you a few days prior?

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

Ahhh Crap! Missed my opportunity...

I noticed yesterday a city truck filled with thick oily gooey asphalt being stuffed into the crevices all along Paulina with no steam roller to mash them down with.

Perhaps the cars will help mash them down for us and get a nice sticky surprize all over thier panels and wheel wells.

Justin B Newman said:

Any potholes not reported this weekend will remain unfilled until 2014.

h' 1.0 said:

So if I don't have time to go inventory potholes this weekend, I'm out of luck?

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on April 7, 2013 at 10:48pm

I just closed my duplicate discussion.  Think I just didn't look hard enough.

I hope a lot of these holes get filled soon!

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