Pothole Patrols
The Ministry of Transportation says it’s having trouble keeping up with an onslaught of potholes on the 400 series highways. A spokesman says crews are out patrolling the highways all day and night, around the clock, looking for bumps, lumps and debris. They’re apparently finding more than they bargained for.
Experts say the reason behind the early bumper crop of craters is this winter’s unusual cycle of freeze/thaw/freeze/thaw. The asphalt expands and contracts and cracks and you feel it in your suspension system. Sometimes it can get like negotiating over a corduroy road.
Lots of listeners have been weighing in on where the worst areas are. The 401 in the Guelph area is just terrible. It’s pockmarked and ridged and dodgy. There are spots with terrible potholes that fall outside of the province’s jurisdiction, in city territory, like the Gardiner and stretches along Finch in North York.
The Ministry has a hotline you can call to report a pothole problem on a 400 series highway and they’ll put it on the list. 1-800-268-4686. Don’t be surprised if you get a busy signal!