Claims against the city for pothole damages totaled more than $88,000 in 2010-11, with 443 claims filed. That’s a “a 270% increase in the number of pothole claims submitted to the city and a 241% increase in the amount of money paid on those claims,” says the Weekly, compared to a four-year average of the preceding years.

But before your blood pressure spikes, keep in mind that last winter was a doozy. Continue reading Seattle Doesn’t Have a Pothole Problem–It Has a Repaving Problem