HOW ARE ALBUQUERQUE CITY STREETS HOLDING UP THIS WINTER? WILFRED GALLEGOS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, SAYS POT HOLES HAVEN'T BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM SO FAR. HE SAYS STREETS USUALLY START TO BREAK DOWN WHEN THERE ARE BIG TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS...FROM VERY COLD AT NIGHT TO WARM DURING THE DAY. HE SAYS THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

 

GALLEGOS SAYS, ODDLY ENOUGH, TEMPERATURES STAYED CONSISTENTLY COLD LAST WEEKEND, SO THERE WAS NO FREEZE-THAW ACTION, WHICH IS WHAT CREATES POTHOLES.

 

GALLEGOS SAYS THERE'S PLENTY OF PATCHING MATERIAL TO REPAIR POT HOLES...SINCE IT'S PURCHASED LOCALLY.