North Reading Gets Help Fixing Potholes

North Reading has been awarded $76,050 for potholes repair and road work after a brutal winter.

That’s the town’s portion of $30 million in Winter Recovery Assistance Program money is aimed at helping cities and towns across the state patch potholes, cracked pavement and surface defects as well as repair or replace signs, guardrails, storm drains and line stripping damaged during the historic winter the area just experienced.

According to the MassDOT website, the dollars come from the existing 2015 bond authorization, and they were allocated to individual municipalities based on the Chapter 90 funding formula.

Towns will be reimbursed for up to their allotted amount. In order to expedite repairs, MassDOT is requiring that the work be completed by June 30, 2015, and invoices be submitted to MassDOT by July 31, 2015.