As the battle against potholes in northern Ontario continues, drivers are becoming frustrated.
Now, a city councillor in Greater Sudbury, Michael Vagnini, says he's working on an emergency motion to get people some compensation for damaged vehicles.
With the recent weather, roads in Sudbury have turned into obstacle courses for drivers.
At a big pothole in the community of Copper Cliff, a ‘yield to oncoming traffic’ sign has been placed to warn drivers of the big crater in the road.
One driver CTV News spoke to from the Donovan neighbourhood says “there are some that are the size of swimming pools, to be honest.”
Councillor Vagnini says he's been inundated with calls from constituents and although the city has a ‘pothole claims program,’ he says it's not working.
"I am hearing that people that are putting in claims are getting them denied because there is time period according to the policy in place. There is a time period where the city goes and fixes that pothole and then the claim is denied." said Vagnini.
He wants to put forward a motion for an emergency pothole compensation program.
“We need to address the road issues and also, in the same breath, help the people. So, does that mean we open up a little bit more, because there are a lot of people that are not getting compensated for the damage that is happening to their vehicles? And how long does this go on?” said Vagnini.
Rob Ferris is a Sudbury resident that says he recently paid a $500 deductible to fix his SUV after hitting two separate potholes.
“Blew a tire on my car, caught the snowbank, ripped the front end off my car, over $2,000 damage, going through their issues there. I had a donut on, hit another pot hole on Saturday by the Plaza Hotel, tire went flat, this time the front end hit in the pothole.” said Ferris.
Councillor Vagnini is encouraging people to share their stories, even bring their receipts to a town hall style meeting on potholes at the Tom Davies Arena in Lively on March 25 at 6 pm.
