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SLC Mayor kicks off spring road repair season with week-long "Pothole Palooza."
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall joined a work crew on Wednesday morning, helping to shovel and tamp down cold patch asphalt as part of "Pothole Palooza," an annual week-long blitz of Spring road maintenance.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall tamps down an asphalt patch for "Pothole Palooza" on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. GLENDALE—Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall joined a work crew on Wednesday morning, helping to shovel and tamp down cold patch asphalt as part of "Pothole Palooza," an annual week-long blitz of spring road maintenance.
Mendenhall described how the winter "freeze-thaw" cycle can wreak havoc on Salt Lake City's streets, which include more than 1,900 lane miles—equivalent in length to 13,000 football fields or 10 million laps around the 9th and 9th whale.
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