Know Of A #BrickPothole That Needs Repair? Tell Brick's Pothole Brigade

With the snow and ice of winter (almost) gone, the first rite of spring has begun: repairing potholes.

Brick Township Mayor John Ducey said the township has two crews out working eight hours a day repairing the openings in the pavement all over town. Though they are attacking the ones they know about, Ducey said town officials realize there are many they don’t, so they want to hear from residents about where they are.

If you know of a pothole, you can contact the town in a couple of ways:

If you’re on Twitter, tweet the location with the hastag #BrickPothole and tweet to @TownshipofBrick. On Instagram, use the same hashtag, #BrickPothole.

You can also email information to potholes@twp.brick.nj.us.

If you’re old school, call the township at 732-451-4060 and touch option 1, and report the location.

However you choose to report them, township officials ask residents to be as specific as possible about the location of the pothole. 

That goes for potholes you see on county and state roads too, Ducey said, because any reports the town receives from those roads will be relayed to county and state officials. The town will not be repairing potholes on county or state roads, however, he said.

Potholes frequently form when pavement crumbles as the result of the combination of water getting into cracks in the pavement and then freezing and thawing during the winter, according to the website Pothole.info. While most of us just think of them as annoyances, they can cause damage to vehicles or traffic hazards as drivers try to avoid them.