Report your potholes

The Monmouth County Highway Division is asking residents to report potholes on County roads by calling 732-431-6550.  County roads have pentagon shaped blue signs with gold letters.

The division is transitioning from plowing and salting roads to permanently repairing potholes that occurred over the course of the winter.

“There are nine Highway Division crews going out on the County roads every day to look for and repair potholes,” said Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the Department of Public Works and Engineering. “The Highway crews are also responding to reports of potholes from police departments and residents that come in all hours of the day and night.”

Arnone said that the potholes are filled with recycled asphalt from other county road projects and other potholes, producing a cost savings for Monmouth County property tax payers.

“The asphalt being used to fill potholes on County roads is recycled from other potholes and county road projects,” said Arnone. “This approach results in a tremendous savings for our taxpayers as the County only has to purchase limited amount of asphalt for the thousands of potholes that are filled each year.”

Resident are urged to report potholes on State highways via the web at http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/potholeform.shtm and potholes on local roads to their local municipality.

“We ask that you do not call 911 to report a pothole,” Arnone said. “The 911 service needs to be used for emergencies. Keeping the 911 lines open helps our 911 operators, police and other first responders.”

 

Posted: March 9th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Tom Arnone | Tags: Department of Public Works, Freeholder Tom Arnone, Highway Division, Monmouth County, Potholes, Thomas A. Arnone, Tom Arnone | 2 Comments »

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