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In the aftermath of the week-long freeze, the city has had to respond to multiple complaints about potholes and road damage.

According to City Administrator Jason Quick, “Our crews started patching potholes as soon as the roads cleared. We have a crew out patching today (Tuesday) and will be until we get all of them patched with cold patch mix.”

The cold patch is being used as a stopgap until a more permanent fix can be applied to the roads that were damaged by record cold temperatures. Lows dropped to -9 at one point during the winter storm. Making matters worse were heavy rains that followed the thawing of the nearly seven inches of snow that fell during the storm.

 “Our crew will continue patching throughout the next couple of months until we can get some hot asphalt in the spring to do more of a permanent patch,’ Quick noted. “We are receiving notification of potholes via public phone calls and emails and from our Public Works employees as they drive around doing their jobs. If anyone sees a pothole, they can call Public Works at 931-454-1768 to report them.”

Quick said that between 175 to 190 tons of salt were used to help clear roads during the snowstorm, and that the Public Works department “received approximately 100 tons of salt last week to replenish some of what we used during the snow event at a cost of around $11,500.00.”