Filling in after the dig out. A lot of road repair is necessary due to the withering effects of this year’s snow removal efforts.

By Jim Clark

The massive snowstorms that crippled the northeast this winter caused more damage than is readily apparent to many. Until, that is, they get into their cars and attempt to negotiate some of the rougher stretches of roadway that have been mercilessly chewed up and spat back out by the virtual army of snow plows and earth movers that were utilized to dig Somerville out of its semi-glacial state during the aforementioned climatological calamity.

As the weather conditions improve, so must our major roadways and cross streets, according to the Board of Alderman when they addressed the issue at their latest regular meeting.

A long established post-winter tradition, the calling for a ‘pothole patrol’ to seek out and repair the most offensive and damaging of the dastardly divots.

The Board unanimously approved the order to task the Commissioner of Public Works to arrange for the “Pot Hole Patrol” on the major roadways and cross connector streets on a daily basis in order to maintain good condition of the city’s streets, especially now that the temperature has warmed to some degree.

Alderman at Large Jack Connolly spoke up in favor of the order saying, “It’s a time-honored tradition, but a very necessary one. The asphalt that had been frozen solid is now beginning to crumble.”

Connolly further expressed his confidence in the DPW’s ability to make the proper repairs.