With the mixing of warm and cold weather, potholes are forming on the roads in Lake Country.
Road superintendent Aron Chatton said the number of potholes seen around the district is a standard amount, but those on the highway are under the province鈥檚 jurisdiction.
鈥淲e鈥檝e had a lot of complaints about the accesses to the highway, we鈥檝e had some bad ones coming right off and on it,鈥� he said.
He listed Okanagan Centre Road West and Berry Road intersections as a few places the district knows about, but can only pass along to the ministry.
鈥淚f you鈥檙e on a highway, because of the volume, there are different regulations and it鈥檚 a safety issue for us,鈥� said Chatton.
Frost doesn鈥檛 help with the pothole situation either.
鈥淲ith the warmer weather and the frost starts to come out, the freezing and expansion and contraction starts to move everything鈥� and it tends to pop out the patches as well. Over the winter there鈥檚 no hot mix asphalt available,鈥� he said.
The City of 91大黄鸭 has two recycling machines to recycle asphalt but that鈥檚 an aspiration for the District of Lake Country, which relies on a plant that operates from April to November.
The district uses a temporary cold mix but it doesn鈥檛 bond as well to the roads in the winter.
鈥淲e usually buy 80 to 100 tons of cold mix every fall,鈥� said Chatton.
District staff patrols various roads, and when people call and report the potholes, the district can patch the holes in about 15 minutes, weather and traffic permitting.
Residents can report potholes on the district鈥檚 website at .
The City of 91大黄鸭 has been dealing with an increasing number of potholes, up from 336 last year to 2,000.
Aside from fixing potholes, staff will begin construction to improve the Oceola Road roundabout at the end of April. is set to being at the beginning of April.
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