Nearly 500 Lake View Potholes Repaired in 2012 (MAP)

The Chicago Department of Transportation announced it filled more than 350,000 potholes so far in 2012.

In Lake View, 472 potholes have already been patched out of more than 600 requests, according to the city's 311 service requests. The times where a the hole wasn't replaced was mainly because a problem wasn't found or it was already filled by the time crews arrived. 

A new scheduling format helped to remove a backlog of more than a backlog of more than 3,700 potholes, according to the city release.

The department is on pace to fill more than 400,000 in 2012.

“We continue to aggressively fill and repair potholes, which cause traffic problems and delays and pose dangers to pedestrians and bicyclists,” said Gabe Klein, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, in the announcement. “In addition to adopting new efficiencies, we are addressing the core problem of potholes, which is streets whose surfaces are in need of repair or complete resurfacing.”

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