Investments in street paving and record-setting pothole resolution times
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez celebrated the filling of the administration's 500,000th pothole in Prospect Heights and highlighted the record-setting speed at which the city has filled potholes over the last three years. New pothole complaints to 311 are closed in an average of approximately 1.8 days — more than a full day faster than the de Blasio administration’s average of 3.4 days and more than twice as fast as Bloomberg administration’s average of 4.4 days. In the three years of the Adams administration, the city has received and resolved 88,466 pothole complaints made to 311; by this same point in the de Blasio administration, the city had to resolve 147,640 complaints. This decrease in potholes comes as a result of the Adams administration’s sustained commitment to better and more regular repaving. DOT has repaved an average of nearly 1,200 miles of lane miles in each fiscal year of the Adams administration.
“When hard-working New Yorkers pay their taxes, they expect their government to deliver for them,” said Mayor Adams. “And whether it’s generational projects like Willets Point or the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, or the fundamentals like picking up the trash and filling potholes, we’re doing all that, better than ever. We’re filling potholes more than twice as fast as the average time of the two previous administrations combined — and thanks to our commitment to paving, there are significantly fewer potholes forming in the first place. However, cold weather potholes do sometimes happen. That is why we are so grateful to the crews working hard to make sure they get filled fast. If you see them out in the field, give them room to do their important work.”
“When a driver or cyclist hits a pothole, it is not only a cause for frustration, but it can also be a safety hazard,” said DOT Commissioner Rodriguez. “I am proud that pothole requests are on the decline thanks to smart investments we have made in better and more regular paving. Mayor Adams has given our incredible roadways crews the necessary resources to keep our roadways much smoother and safer.”
