What's the best way to fix pot holes?
As well as improving local streets and roads, Orange City Council is aiming to boost the community's understanding of how local roads are managed.
In this clip (Clip 3 in a series of 7) members of Orange City Council's road repair crew talk about the techniques used to repair pot holes.
Orange City Council repairs the potholes then two days later they’re back again. Why does this happen?
Pothole repairs are a temporary solution that happens before more major patching or road replacement can occur.
These repairs are about improving the safety of the road, before major work can be scheduled.
Potholes happens when the road surface is damaged and water gets in under the surrounding surface. The expansion of this water (during freezing and thawing) and/or the simple effect of traffic weight on the trapped liquid, causes the pavement to ‘blow out” and the holes to increase in size.
This can often over a short period of time. Depending on the amount of rain and passing traffic, a pothole can develop from a small crack to a large pothole in a matter of hours or days.
In a location where one pothole had happened, it is possible that other potholes will also occur nearby, shortly after patching has been undertaken because the conditions in the road surface that allow the water below the surface of the road are similar.
Water may even find its way between the newly patched hole and the surrounding pavement before it has sealed off properly, resulting in the premature failure of the repair.
Consultation has concluded
