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Pittsburgh proposes more money to fix potholes

PITTSBURGH — The could soon be more money to fix potholes in the City of Pittsburgh.

Mayor Bill Peduto will introduce legislation Tuesday that would increase the city’s resurfacing budget by $800,000.

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The increase will allow the city to resurface an additional 50 more city blocks.

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"I'm proud that the City has more than doubled its spending on paving since I took office four years ago, and this extra funding will do even more to provide infrastructure improvements and build roads that are more resistant to potholes," Mayor Peduto said in a news release.

The money to pay for the resurfacing would come from a combination of capital and operating funds for projects closed or not immediately needed and unused funds for phase two of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewage Authority restructuring.

Public works crews were back patching potholes and the department said crews will continue to do so in overlapping shifts 24 hours a day, as long as weather permits.

Public works crews addressed more than 1,200 pothole complaints last week but said much of the cold-patch asphalt was washed out by the heavy rains over the weekend.