High-tech mapping of potholes will help city manage streets

Snowmelt reveals many things. The first crocus, tulips and daffodil blossoms of spring. The trash and dog poop that people left behind, thinking somehow the snow would make those left-behinds magically disappear. And potholes. Lots of potholes. In 2018, the city filled 4,610 potholes. The year before that, it repaired 4,795 potholes. This year, so far, the city has filled 1,392 potholes.

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Mon., March 18, 2019

Potholes and imperfections are seen on the westbound lanes of the 1000 block of West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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Road imperfections are seen on the eastbound lanes of the 1000 block of West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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The reflection of the twin spires of Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral is seen in a puddle within a road imperfection on in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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Potholes and imperfections are seen on the eastbound lanes of the 1000 block of West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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The reflection of the twin spires of Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral is seen in a puddle within a road imperfection on in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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Potholes and imperfections are seen on the westbound lanes of the 1000 block of West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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Potholes and imperfections are seen alongside grates in the roadsurface on the eastbound lane of the 1000 block of West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on March 17, 2019.

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