The struggle to fight ice potholes in parking lots around Anchorage has been real lately. The city is hoping to have them cleared out soon.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Municipality of Anchorage is working to tackle the maze of ice potholes that have plagued the city for several weeks.
According to the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, ice holes are formed when the weather switches quickly from warm, thawing temperatures back to freezing conditions. That fast transition resulted in ice melting and then refreezing again, causing cars to swerve to make their way through sunken ice obstacles.
“Just these back-to-back snowfalls. And then Mother Nature throwing us that rain and freeze thaws,” VanLandingham said. “That, you know, poses some difficulties for us.”The city says this year has been exceptional. The constant switch from warm to cold weather has left the crew with barely any time off. VanLandingham said a majority of his team has had only two to three days off of work since mid-January.
Right now, VanLandingham said municipal crews will be working to finish plowing the rest of the snow that fell last weekend before they start to chip away at the ice buildup. He said that the transition to warm weather this week will help them speed up the process.
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