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So
where
do
potholes
come
from,
you
ask.
From
the
devil?!
Not
exactly,
but
they
do
start
underground.
The
state
of
Michigan
department
of
transportation
offers
this
explanation:
1.
Potholes
begin
after
snow
or
rain
seeps
into
the
soil
below
the
road
surface.
2.
The
moisture
freezes
when
temperatures
drop,
causing
the
ground
to
expand
and
push
the
pavement
up.
3.
As
the
temperatures
rise,
the
ground
returns
to
normal
level
but
the
pavement
often
remains
raised.
This
creates
a gap
between
the
pavement
and
the
ground
below
it.
4.
When
vehicles
drive
over
this
cavity,
the
pavement
surface
cracks
and
falls
into
the
hollow
space,
leading
to
the
birth
of
another
pothole.
Getting
them
is
easy
enough.
How
to
get
rid
of
them?
You
can
call
1-800-FIX-ROAD
and
a friendly-but
haggard
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Transportation
worker
will
take
your
complaint.
If
the
pothole
is
on
a PennDOT-maintained
road,
then
a work
order
will
be
filled
out
and
a repair
will
be
made
as
soon
as
possible.
If
it
is
on
a county,
municipal
or
private
road,
then
PennDOT
will
notify
the
appropriate
people
that
they
have
a pothole
to
fix.
For
all
the
potholes
we
have,
during
the
past
two
weeks
only
two
pothole
complaints
came
from
Lackawanna
County
and
26
from
Luzerne.
As
for
getting
reimbursed,
your
chances
range
from
slim
to
none.
It's
a little
matter
of
soverign
immunity.
You
can't
sue
the
king,
or
in
this
case,
your
government.
Sorry.
As
last
check,
the
local
PennDot
office
had
about
20
pothole-related
claims
filed.
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