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Some Brookline Residents Still Dealing With Huge Potholes

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Potholes, the scourge of early spring in Pittsburgh, are still very much in evidence on many of Pittsburgh's streets, and people on one street in the city say they've got craters of teeth-rattling proportions.

Southcrest Court in Brookline has pothole patches in its pothole patches.

"They're on both sides of the street, so your car gets eaten," says Beth Conroy, a resident.

"You have no choice but to destroy the bottom of your car, bumping up and down, it's terrible," said Graham Gregorich, of Brookline.

Concerns about the street, many like it, come in every day, even as the city is in the midst of its street repaving.

There's a lot of fresh asphalt being put down and a list of whose next is available on the city's Public Works website.

"There are going to be a lot of streets paved by the end of this year and I think we're going to be close to 60 miles," says Pittsburgh Public Works Director Mike Gable.

Incredibly, the recent drop in the price of oil has saved the city money on asphalt, so a few more lane miles have been added.

Gable says a concrete street like Southcrest Court is not an easy fix, and it's not on the repaving list yet.

"If we are lucky enough to see some savings from the program, and we are seeing some right now, we will give that street consideration to getting it done this year," said Gable.

That doesn't mean Southcrest or your street has to be on the list to get attention

"Crews are out every single day pothole patching," says Gable.

The paving and pothole patching crews will be back at it on Monday, and if you're not on the list to be paved, but you have a problem with your street, it's important to call the 311 line to get your street on the list so the crews can get to it.

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