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Wayne Steed, a paver for the Public Works Department, tamped down hot asphalt while repairing a pothole along Blue Hill Avenue last week.

Gone to pot in Boston

Are potholes inevitable? Not if the city changed its policy on repairing cuts made to roads, pavement specialists say

By Donovan Slack
Globe Staff / June 19, 2005

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Bone-jarring, suspension-breaking divots in the roads are almost an accepted part of life in Boston. They seem to be as inevitable as the hard New England winters that precede their appearance in city streets. (Full article: 1010 words)

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