During a week-long effort, dubbed 'Pothole Palooza,' 70 public service employees have been redirected and focused entirely on filling potholes.
SALT LAKE CITY — Roads across Utah have taken a beating due to the historic winter weather the state has seen.
Oscar Sanchez, a senior asphalt equipment operator, was part of a three-person team working on that road.Sanchez says they go up and down the streets looking for potholes, and if there is one that needs to be filled, they fill it and mark it on their data entry. During a week-long effort, dubbed"Pothole Palooza," Mendenhall says 70 public service employees have been redirected and focused entirely on filling potholes.
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