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NCDOT encourages travelers on state-maintained roads to report potholes at www.ncdot.gov/contact/ report/pothole.
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(336) 574-2755 ferred, you can call the county maintenance office directly at (336) 487-0000. We spoke with someone in the local office this week, who told us that along with filing a “tort claim” you will need to provide an estimate of the damage to your vehicle that occurred from the pothole, or a receipt for the repair. As to those pesky potholes, they are indeed more common during the winter months when water seeps into cracks in the road and ice forms. Those cracks widen, causing the asphalt to rise and then traffic loosens the pavement, eventually creating a pothole. With 80,000 miles of state roads to maintain, DOT encourages drivers, law enforcement and others to help identify where potholes are located. To patch a pothole, DOT crews
first clean out any pavement, gravel or water in the hole. They then fill it with new asphalt and compact it to roadway level. Some patches last longer than others. One reason, for example, is that, asphalt plants are closed in the winter and hot asphalt is not available. This means crews typically use what is called a “cold mix,” which does not always adhere to the surrounding pavement as well as hot asphalt does. Again, to report potholes after or, hopefully before damage to your vehicle is incurred, motorists are encouraged to go to www.ncdot.gov/contact/ report/pothole and file a report which will include the specific location of the pothole. In 2017, nearly 11,000 potholes were reported through this contact form.
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