Originally Posted by patc
.... we don't tend to get the crumbling shoulder, but we do get huge pot-holes from our lovely winters. Some potholes are a foot across, with an entire layer of asphalt crumbled away. In other cases the pothole is smaller, but actually goes down two or three layers of pavement. We have two seasons in Ottawa - winter and construction... but the construction season has been under-funding for most of the last decade....
Potholes crop up predictably every late winter and spring. Highway budgets should be planned to take care of them quickly and efficiently (within a few hours of their appearance). If this doesn't happen, your political leaders should be voted out of office. Ours were!