 Well, some say there are three seasons in Minnesota, road construction, snow plowing, and pothole repairing. Josh Peterson hit the streets with MnDOT and shows us what goes into filling those roadway craters. It's a common sight this time of year. Road crews outfilling those cavernous craters on city, county, and state roads. This year those crews have been extra busy trying to keep up with the growing demand. The roller coaster weather conditions of this past winter and spring have made it extra challenging to stay on top of all the potholes. The really in the spring it's about pothole management as well as plowing. Like for instance, we've got a snowstorm coming up. So we've got guys out there fixing potholes right now and preparing for the snowstorm here as well. When it comes to tracking and filling potholes, city, county, and state departments all work together and communicate where work needs to be done. At times usually everybody's just kind of patrolling their areas and if we get a call we can forward it and they do the same to us. But no one knows the hotspots on the roadways more than the people who plow them. Steve Bidker is one of MnDOT's many plow drivers who is out fixing potholes when the conditions are right. Yep, this time of year we're doing a lot of pothole repair, I know there's a lot of them but we're trying, you know, when it snows we can't do it of course but when the days will permit we're out here. Both MnDOT and city employees have a message for motorists who are out on the roadways when they're out filling potholes. That is play it safe and slow down. Safety first, you know, watch out for the guys out here if you would, we all want to go home at the end of the day, you know, and just give us a little room, it would be nice and we're doing the best we can. With the weather roller coaster continuing you can be sure that you will see the pothole patrol back out on area roadways again. In Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you see a bad pothole, the city of Bemidji has a website you can use to report its location. We've posted a link to that on our website at lptv.org slash news. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.