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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release #17-020
Friday, April 7, 2017
Contact: Scott Gastel/Gloria Chin (212) 839-4850

NYC DOT Announces Seasonal Pothole Repair Efforts Across All Five Boroughs This Weekend

With warmer temperatures approaching, the agency will dispatch more than 80 crews this Saturday to make repairs on residential streets, commercial corridors, and highways

DOT has already filled more than 80,000 potholes since mid-December

New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announces the agency’s seasonal pothole blitz. From 7 A.M. to 7 P.M. on Saturday, April 8, 2017, DOT will dispatch crews throughout all five boroughs directing efforts along residential streets, commercial corridors, and arterial roadways – continuing to bring city streets to a state of good repair.

For information about DOT’s ongoing work to address potholes and maintain the City’s road network, please visit http://www.nyc.gov/dot and please report any pothole condition to The Daily Pothole or to 311.

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