The I-Team found that less than half of last year's Chicago pothole claims have been cleared for payout.
"I have a cracked rim on my back passenger side. I hit a pothole and there is a hole in the tire," Joshua Gadson said as he waited to get his car fixed. He said this is his sixth tire replacement in two years, all due to potholes. But he's never filed a claim with the city.
The city considers damage done by a pothole to be half their responsibility and the other half the responsibility of the driver who didn't avoid the pothole. Last year, Chicago's City Council Committee on Finance paid out a little more than half of what it budgets for vehicle damage claims due to potholes, according to data requested by the I-Team under the Freedom of Information Act.
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