Tag Archives: potholes

Cookeville Public Works has a patch truck roaming city streets to seek out and repair potholes. Public Works Director Blake Mayo said potholes are a problem the city tends to year-round, but especially during the winter. Snow plows combined with freezing temperatures lead to more potholes. He said the city repairs potholes starting with the ones that pose the greatest ... Read More »

If you have been on the roads the last 24 hours, you’ve noticed potholes developing seemingly right under your wheels. Clay County Road Supervisor Jason Browning said this time of year it is inevitable. This week’s rain after periodic salting causes potholes to form more quickly. “The water gets down under there and kind of loosens everything up,” Browning said. ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland road crews are already receiving several reports of potholes after last week’s snowfall. Putnam County Road Supervisory Randy Jones said for now, his department can only do temporary patches. “We use cold mix through the winter time,” Jones said. “That’s all we can get is the cold mix. Then in the spring when the plants open back up ... Read More »

The Fentress County Highway Department is preparing for a nearly five mile resurfacing project. Road Supervisor Joey Reagan said Gatewood Ford Road will be blacktopped after more than 25 years without improvements. Reagan said this road is important to commuters going back and forth from Morgan County. “A lot of our people in Fentress County goes next door to Morgan ... Read More »

T-DOT began work Tuesday to start addressing potholes on interstates and state highways. T-DOT Spokesperson Jennifer Flynn said pot holes get prioritized because of the dangers to vehicles. “Cold temperatures, the snow, the ice, the salt, the plowing, the warmer weather, wet weather,” Flynn said. “All of this combines together to cause potholes to form. It gets into the cracks ... Read More »