CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Motorists using I-24 between Clarksville and Nashville know that the roadway is riddled with potholes. Sometimes it seems like those potholes are reaching up and grabbing your tires.
One of the biggest problems at this time of year is most of the asphalt plants in the area are closed for the winter.
The work Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crews are doing between Clarksville and Nashville on potholes is just a temporary fix.
Kathryn Schulte, Community Relations Officer with TDOT, said they were able to find an asphalt plant willing to open recently. TDOT will now have what’s known in the industry as “hot-mix” so crews will begin milling and paving as early as Monday evening, January 6 to fix the worst spots between mile markers 20 and 24.
Shulte added that there’s a paving project that will start this spring to resurface all of I-24 in Robertson County, where most of the issues are found.
TDOT crews only work from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. each day, or at night, repairing potholes. These hours are in place so crews do not interfere with the heavier morning or afternoon traffic which helps avoid congestion.
TDOT is asking drivers to be patient, drive safely, and move over for workers.