Report from the Pothole Rangers

Here’s a look at potholes the city currently knows about and is trying to fix in our area.

Green means fixed in the last three months. Blue means new reports. Pink equals work in progress. The full map can be found here.

Offhand, I’d say we need to report more potholes to the city. We last posted on them at the turn of the year.

The city Department of Transportation says the map is updated nightly. Its currently posted statistics aren’t so up to date, but say that as of Jan. 30 there were 1,175 open requests to fix potholes, and that 1,365 had been repaired in the previous seven days.

In 2010, we reviewed our methods of patching potholes. We found that there were better methods that would provide a longer-lasting patch, and have made those changes. This method takes more time when a pothole is fixed, but will last much longer than the method we have used in the past. In the long run, this will leave Seattle streets better off for a longer period of time. Our goal now is to repair potholes within three business days of receiving a report.