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Area road crews keep busy patching spring’s potholes
BY LEE COLEMAN Gazette Reporter

    It’s pothole season, and Schenectady appears to have a bumper crop.
    “This has been a particularly bad pothole season,” said Carl Olsen, general services commissioner in Schenectady.
    Olsen said Schenectady pothole crews have been out for the past two weeks temporarily patching the holes with Durapatch until the asphalt plants open in April.
    “We geared up early and doubled the effort,” Olsen said. He said his department has two, five-person pothole crews out rather than the usual one crew.
    “We had really cold temperatures for a period of time and no snow,” he said. “The frost was driven down deeper.”
    When the asphalt plants open, the potholes will be filled with a “hot patch” that provides a better, more durable repair, Olsen said.
    Peter Van Keuren, a spokesman’s for the state Department of Transportation’s Capital Region, said the DOT has been getting more calls than usual on its pothole hot line (1-800-Pot-Hole).
    “So far we’ve gotten 18 calls regarding state roads,” Van Keuren said. .............>>>>............>>>>..........................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01100&AppName=1