INDIANAPOLIS — Relief from potholes on Indianapolis roads is coming soon.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, along with the Department of Public Works, City-County Council President Vop Osili and AFSCME Local 725 President Steve Quick, announced hot mix asphalt plants will be opening early, helping to speed up pothole repair across the city.
In order to take advantage of the plants' early openings, Indy DPW says it is mobilizing almost 170 workers for 10-hour patching shifts beginning Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Residents were urged to report potholes to the Mayor's Action Center or via the Request Indy app.
“For the second year in a row, the City has engaged with local asphalt plants to open up early, providing crews with early access to the hot mix asphalt that creates more enduring fixes on our city’s streets,” Hogsett said. “Our dedicated AFSCME Indy DPW crews will be putting in extra hours while the weather cooperates to ensure a smoother and safer surface on local roads across the county.”
The early arrival also allows contractors to begin strip-patching (removing and replacing the top layer of asphalt) some Indianapolis roads.
Indy DPW says it is also working on drainage improvements and sealing cracks in the roads in order to prevent future pothole development.
“Our crews with Indy DPW are on the frontline of repairing these potholes, which is an extremely labor intensive and tiring process” Quick said. “I personally want to thank them because these are the exact same crews that switched from an aggressive weather standup at the start of the year and now we are asking them, again, to double down to help the residents of Marion County.”
Last year, Indy DPW says it filled more than 300,000 potholes across Marion County and completed almost 18,000 service requests. Indy DPW's 2024 capital plan budget $284 million in transportation projects and $79 million in stormwater projects.