Pothole Patching & Reporting

Rest assured that our Public Works staff has a good idea of where pothole trouble spots are, especially from taking note of them during their snow plow routes, but you can help us identify potholes in the Jefferson City limits. 

Did you know you can report potholes on our website?

Visit the link to report potholes that you see in our community.

A little bit about our pothole patching process:

Safety First
Watch for repair crews on the roads! When you see a Public Works crew making street or pothole repairs, please slow down and move over  a lane to give them room to work.

To patch a pothole effectively, our crews need the right balance of weather conditions, available product, moisture, and road temperatures. In the winter, our crew uses a cold-mix method. Since December, we’ve gone through approximately 45 tons of cold mix! That’s a lot of pesky pothole patching.

As Springtime comes about and asphalt plants start up, crews will use a hot-mix instead. Cold patches provide lasting fixes, but can also be more susceptible to the elements, so our crews may come back and hot patch trouble spots as needed.

According to Missouri Department of Transportation:

Potholes form when rain and snow from winter leave moisture that seeps into cracks and joints in the pavement and later freezes. This frozen water expands within the pavement causing it to bulge and bend. When the ice melts, gaps or voids are left in the surface and structure of the pavement. When cars and trucks drive over the bulging pavement, it weakens the roadway eventually causing chunks of pavement or asphalt to pop out, creating potholes.

Thank you, Public Works team!