“We will probably get 10 to 15 calls a day”

Knoxville, tenn. (Wvlt) – If a driver comes across a pothole on the street, they usually remain a little silent and try to avoid it. But sometimes it is easier to say than then finished.

Ray Fisher, the owner of Fisher Tire, said that if you hit a pothole, take a look at your car before a bigger problem occurs.

“At least it can be placed on the side of the tire just like a bladder or a small knot, so you know that it might come out after driving and something like that, maybe get out and just look at yourself,” said Fisher.

For some drivers who have hit a bad pothole, the car can be damaged, and these repairs can be a few hundred dollars.

“You also get a bike, you are up to 300 US dollars or $ 400 and can be up to 500 US dollars.

This is the season in which potholes pose a problem.

Jim Snowden, Senior Director of Knox County Engineering, said this was one of her more bustle seasons and try to react to every pothole call within 24 hours.

“In an average day, we probably get 10 to 15 views for potholes, while we usually only get one or two. You can see that we are very busy. We award these crew resources, ”said Snowden.

Tdot repeats this statement and says you have had potholes and plan to do this further for a week.

“We have crews that will be on State Route 63 in Scott County tomorrow. Today they used to be on State Route 93, also on the I-26 in Upper East Tennessee. In the coming days and weeks, our crews will patch potholes out there, ”said Mark Nagi, a TDot spokesman.

Both Tdot and Knox County said that they are temporary and the problems are re -evaluated in spring and summer.

The district stated that every year they budget between 150,000 and 200,000 US dollars for pothole repairs, including hot and cold asphalt.

“The truck we actually have enables us to keep a few tons of asphalt, it has diesel heating and keeps this asphalt hot, so we tend to use part of this hot mixture continuously,” said Snowden.

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