Be prepared to dodge at lot more potholes in Winnipeg this spring

WINNIPEG — The warmer weather this winter is a welcome change for many Winnipeggers, but there is a downside.

“The abnormal amount of freeze thaw cycle had a detrimental effect on our pavement,” said Lester Deane, the director of public works for the city of Winnipeg.

That means drivers have had to avoid potholes, and plenty of them, earlier than usual.

“Potholes are usually a March, April event,” Deane said. He also said drivers should prepare to dodge the craters for a while.

“Pothole season, unless conditions change, will arrive here earlier than normal and last longer than normal,” Deane told the public works committee Tuesday morning.

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Last week the city told Global News pothole patching crews were out in the overnight to try and smooth the road out.

“We have to be realistic in the fact the materials available to patch potholes is a temporary fix and we may go out and patch it and have to go out in two days at patch that same pothole,” Deane said. “That is the reality of doing pothole patching in February.”