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Keeping up with the Potholes in Bloomsburg

BLOOMSBURG — Patching up potholes has been a routine job this winter for the public works department in Bloomsburg. We met up with a crew along Fort McClu...

BLOOMSBURG -- Patching up potholes has been a routine job this winter for the public works department in Bloomsburg.

We met up with a crew along Fort McClure Boulevard, a road they say has seen better days.

"With the deep freeze, there's more potholes forming this year so we're going through more material to fix all the potholes," Jonathan Traugh with Bloomsburg Public Works said.

Public works employees say typically they use about eight tons of cold patch to temporarily fix the roads.

After this brutally cold winter they say they'll use nearly 50 tons this year.

"It's better to have something to fill the hole than hit the hole and have damage to your car," Karen Bridenstine said.

Bridenstine says the roads could be worse.

"There's been a lot of car damage done from hitting potholes. But, I guess it's not quite as bad here as it is as some places I've seen on television in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area," Bridenstine said.

"They're growing. As spring comes like blossoms, they're growing," Dave Quinn said.

Quinn said driving through town this winter has been tough. He's hoping the roads get better in the coming weeks.

"The roads are bad. I mean just this little road by the high school has gotten bad enough. I've had to swerve around and miss things," Quinn said.

Public Works employees say until it's warm enough for the asphalt plants to fire up they'll keep using a cold patch.

They say the extra cold patch will cost them around $4,300 extra.

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