Indiana steps up efforts to repair crumbling roads

INDIANAPOLIS -

The extreme cold weather and all the snow has wreaked havoc on area roads, but the state has a new plan to repair all the potholes.

With more than 30,000 lane miles to tend to, INDOT has a lot of potholes to fill and it is asking for your help in finding them.

"We are asking Hoosiers to report potholes," Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday.

"We have set up a Twitter account and our website, so people can fill out our web form where they are seeing potholes and where we need to report," said Ryan Gallagher, INDOT.

INDOT crews were already attending to those potholes on Thursday. One crew was putting down hot mix on US 135 south of Indianapolis.

"The pothole surge will be targeted. We will run alternate 12-hour shifts on weekdays and weekends to repair as many potholes as possible, as quickly as possible," Pence said.

The governor says the state has already spent $2.9 million fixing potholes and he says money for this surge is already in the budget. Workers have already put in 81,000 man hours filling potholes and they have been put on notice about what is to come.

"If I asked you to fill every pothole in two days, that is the kind of effort you need to put forward to get this done," Gallagher said.

"That will include alternating 12-hour shifts, supplemental crews and additional hours to address the problem," Pence added.

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Indiana steps up efforts to repair crumbling roads