April 28, 2022
The City of Edmonton’s pothole repair service is in full swing. The City has dedicated crews that do pothole and asphalt repairs year-round, but spring is when the work really hits the pavement.
“Edmontonians value access to their city, and a robust roadway maintenance program plays an important part in meeting that need,” said Caitlin Zerebeski, Acting Director, Infrastructure Maintenance. “Our dedicated pothole repair crews are hard at work year round to help keep Edmonton’s roads safe, reliable and accessible for everyone, so far this year they have already filled 63,753 potholes.”
The City has a proactive approach towards asphalt repairs. Crews in each of the City’s roadway maintenance districts conduct inspections to identify priority pothole areas based on severity, location and traffic volumes.
Potholes are inspected and prioritized based on safety. These factors include:
- Road type and traffic volume - Potholes are typically given higher priority on major arterial or collector roads where traffic volume and speed limits are higher
- Size and severity of the pothole - larger, deeper potholes, for example, would be given higher priority, opposed to a smaller, shallow pothole.
- Location in the roadway - Potholes that are in the wheel path, for example, are given higher priority as drivers cannot avoid them.
The time to respond and repair potholes are often based on location:
- High priority locations - inspected within 24 hours and repaired within two days*
- Lower priority locations - inspected within five days and repaired within a month*
- Alleys - inspected within two weeks and repaired within a year*
- *Please note that these are targeted timelines. Timelines can significantly change depending on factors such as location, weather conditions, resource limitations and other roadwork priorities.
The City encourages road users to slow down when passing crews and give them space to work safely. Citizens can help City crews identify and prioritize potholes in their area by reporting them through 311 or at
Edmonton.ca/Potholes.
