“Repairing our streets remains our priority.

“The record-setting winter last year did extensive damage to our streets,” Mayor Melvin Carter said in a statement. Route patching will help crews be more efficient than responding to individual patching requests, St. The city says it plans to patch or skim pave all 530 miles of residential streets and more than 2,000 alleys. Paul says its crews are in the process of “route patching” the entire city, meaning they’ll review and patch all streets, then go back and skim pave areas that need more extensive work. Officials say the heavier snow totals, combined with the temperature fluctuations that caused multiple freeze-thaw cycles, made winter worse than usual this year, and drivers likely noticed. RELATED: Minnesota’s pothole problem is expanding, expert confirms

Paul Public Works says the city will use $2.55 million for repairing and patching roads and potholes on all streets that were damaged this past winter season. Paul plans to spend millions of dollars this summer to repair roads that were damaged by the ruinous winter weather.

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