{"id":3283,"date":"2015-02-10T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wordpress\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2015-02-10T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T16:51:57","slug":"pothole-hotline-in-operation-for-the-city-of-allentown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"POTHOLE HOTLINE IN OPERATION FOR THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Allentown\u2019s Pothole Hotline is up and running for the winter of 2015 season.\u00a0 Motorists who encounter a pothole on streets maintained by the city are urged to call the city\u2019s Pothole Hotline at <a href=\"tel:610-437-8775\">610-437-8775<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Streets Department recording asks callers to give the exact location of the pothole along with their name and telephone number in case the city needs to reach them to ascertain a more precise location.<\/p>\n<p>A Street Department crew fills potholes using a PB Patcher unit that is fully self-contained and can be installed on any single axle dump truck.\u00a0 The unit has the capability of keeping hot mix material workable all day.\u00a0 The city has a goal of repairing potholes on high traffic volume streets within 24 hours and lower volume roads in 24-to-48 hours.\u00a0 If a complaint is received of a very large pothole, a supervisor is sent to the scene in a reasonable period of time to determine if immediate action is warranted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Streets Superintendent Mark Shahda pothole patching is a priority.\u00a0 \u201cAt least one crew is assigned to pothole repairs every day.\u00a0 The city filled more than 12,500 potholes in 2014 at a cost of more than $110,000 in equipment, materials and labor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Potholes result from the freeze-thaw cycle.\u00a0 Water seeps beneath the pavement through cracks caused by the wear and tear of vehicle travel.\u00a0 As the temperatures fall below freezing at night, the water becomes ice and expands below the pavement, forcing the pavement to rise. As the weight of traffic continues to batter this raised section \u2013 and the temperatures once again rise above freezing \u2013 a shallow divot occurs beneath the surface breaking the pavement and forming a pothole.<\/p>\n<p>Callers can reach the Pothole Hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week at <a href=\"tel:610-437-8775\">610-437-8775<\/a>.\u00a0 The number can also be found on the home page of the city\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/\">www.allentownpa.gov<\/a>.\u00a0 An icon on the homepage links directly to the pothole page in the Public Works Department.\u00a0 Visitors to the pothole page can send an email directly to the Streets Department via a drop down box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided by:<\/p>\n<p>Mike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=3023\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[29,1203,1205,1202,1206,1204],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","tag-allentown","tag-hotline","tag-pavement","tag-pothole","tag-public-works","tag-streets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0346.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}