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NORTH BRUNSWICK — Potholes are an annoyance to everyone, but for one Linwood Place resident, they have become a frustrating problem.

According to Linwood Place resident Helene Handaly, the pothole situation on her road is downright awful, "like riding on a washboard."

The worst areas are between Linwood Place and Cranbury Cross Road and near Schirra Road and Ridgewood Avenue, she said, and she should know.

Handaly has been trying to get the problem corrected for three years now.

Two years ago she spoke with a township official who told her that the township had the money and would work on the area in the spring.

When that did not happen, she called again last year and was told that the township was waiting for matching funds.

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This year, the Township Council has approved a long-range study to assess roads throughout the township, which she is aware of.

Still, "it’s frustrating," she said, and the patchwork that is being done does not solve the problem.

Handaly stated Monday that when she called for potholes to be patched near Ridgewood Avenue, the workers only fixed the ones on their work order.

She explained that usually, only dirt is put down to patch the hole, which only provides temporary relief.

There may be help on the way, though.

Dick Fowler, acting director of the Public Works Department, said that during the winter, the department uses cold, instead of hot, patches to fill the potholes, which don’t work as well, since the cold patches cannot compress as well as the hot ones.

On or about April 1, depending on weather conditions, Fowler said they will switch to hot patches, which not only patch better, but last longer.

Fowler said that DPW workers have been on Linwood Place several times this winter, in fact, almost every day recently.

Linwood is just one of several streets