Warning: EPIC Pothole Season Threatens Kansas City Drivers

Historic snowfall and roller coaster temperatures result in yet another danger lurking on local streets. 

To wit . . .

KANSAS CITY CONFRONTS ONE OF THE WORST POTHOLE SEASONS WE'VE SEEN IN YEARS!!!

A quick drive around Midtown confirms one chasm after the next waiting to destroy tires, bend axels & demolish suspensions of drivers. 

Don't worry, it gets worse . . . This crisis typically extends into Spring until it gets so bad that city hall leadership is forced to call a press conference and claim a solution. 

Apropos for #TBT . . . Let's not forget that one time when one of our feisty local faves through a birthday party for a pothole in his neighborhood. 

The upside . . . 

Snow melts and quickly fades away from local memories . . . Meanwhile, potholes have a tendency to do a lot of damage before they're fixed with something more substantial than social media propaganda.

Check-it . . . 

What is typically NFL Playoff season is also “pothole season” in Kansas City.

“We’re right in the middle of it. We just finished a winter storm. The potholes follow that winter storm when we have the moisture that gets into those cracks in the pavement freezes overnight with the temperatures that are down below freezing then it warms up during the day and there’s your pothole,” MoDOT Maintenance Supervisor Jason Utz said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Pothole season begins in Kansas City in the wake of the major winter storm

The potholes come when cracks in the roadways fill up with water that later freezes, expanding the cracks and breaking the pavement creating the pothole.

Potholes popping up around Kansas City. Here's how to report:

Now that most of the snow and ice has been cleared from the roads, hazardous potholes have formed below.

Kansas City residents turn from clearing roads to avoiding potholes

The effect of the freeze-thaw cycle this winter is starting to show after last week's snowstorm. Business owners in Waldo say potholes ruined parts of Wornall Road.

Developing . . .