The City of Toronto is on track to fill more potholes in 2014 than it did in the previous two years combined.
According to data released by the city, crews have filled 363,257 potholes as of Monday.
The total is just 58 shy of the number of potholes filled in 2012 and 2013 combined and represents the highest such tally in 10 years.
The previous 10-year high occurred in 2008 when city crews filled 277,000 potholes.
“This year we had some significant periods of time where the temperatures was below zero degrees and that resulted in a lot of stress on the roads and more pot holes were created as a result of that,” Transportation Services spokesperson Steve Johnston told CP24.com .
According to Johnston, pothole repairs have cost $5.8 million in 2014 compared to $3.6 million in 2013, though he said the additional cost has been absorbed within the Transportation Services budget and won’t have any impact on the department going forward.
Here is a summary of the number of potholes filled in the city by year:
2005 - 173,000
2006 - 165,000
2007 - 145,000
2008 - 277,000
2009 - 253,409
2010 - 179,462
2011 - 242,919
2012 - 175,018
2013 - 188,297
2014 - 363,257 (as of Dec 15, 2014)
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