But over time, his focus has shifted to more practical issues, like repairing potholes, for which he won support in many parts of the city.

To repair potholes or to replace broken pavement, use cold-mix asphalt-patching compound.

The use of blacktop cookies has been investigated as a less expensive, less labor-intensive, more durable alternative to repairing potholes with cold patch.

To repair potholes, use a cold-mix asphalt patching compound.

Bridge-related road maintenance, like repairing potholes on the town's streets caused by the high volume of traffic, costs $100,000 more a year, he said.

Marion County would use prisoner labor working on chain gangs, cutting tree limbs away from road's edge and repairing potholes with lime rock and clay.

Mr. Vitale's father, Anthony, repaired potholes and died when his son was 12.

It has gone under renovation for road repairs in late September to repair potholes.

The mild weather allowed the 600 maintenance workers who normally plow the roads to repair potholes, clear debris and perform other general roadwork.

The city's system for finding and repairing potholes on its 6,200 miles of streets, once hopelessly haphazard, has been transformed by better management of the bureau.