Chicagoland’s Worst Potholes: WBEZ Listeners Chime In

By Daniel Tucker, Meha Ahmad
Chicagoland’s Worst Potholes: WBEZ Listeners Chime In
Motorists traveling on Chicago's Austin Ave. dodge potholes and pass a hubcap as the effects of a harsh winter continue to challenge the city's infrastructure on Feb. 12, 2014. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press
Chicagoland’s Worst Potholes: WBEZ Listeners Chime In
Motorists traveling on Chicago's Austin Ave. dodge potholes and pass a hubcap as the effects of a harsh winter continue to challenge the city's infrastructure on Feb. 12, 2014. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press

Chicagoland’s Worst Potholes: WBEZ Listeners Chime In

By Daniel Tucker, Meha Ahmad
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There are potholes… and then there are the cavernous craters we call potholes in Chicago. And they’re lying in wait to mess up your commute — not to mention your tires, your axle and any other part of your car that it can wreak havoc on.

Morning Shift walks you through the claims process you can go through if your car is damaged by a pothole and opens the phones for listeners to chime in with their own pothole horror stories.

GUESTS: Audrey Wennink, director of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Council

Mary Wisniewski, transportation reporter and columnist at the Chicago Tribune

LEARN MORE: It’s Been A Really Bad Year For Potholes In Chicago. Here Are Some Of The Worst. (Block Club Chicago 3/8/19)

City Announces First Street To Undergo Paving, Pothole Patching In 2019 (Chicago Sun-Times 3/4/19)