Edmonton repaired more than 500,000 potholes in 2024

You’ve probably seen or felt them everywhere in Edmonton. Potholes are now showing up left and right, and some drivers have lost count of how many they’ve hit.

“It’s causing damage to my car … Wrecking something underneath my car, I have all this loose stuff now,” said Leigh-Ann, an Edmonton driver CityNews spoke to.

Ash, another driver said, “Oh gosh more than I can count really between the potholes and the ice, it’s really atrocious honestly.”

But how bad is it?

For all of 2024, the City of Edmonton filled more than half a million potholes, and so far in 2025, around 8,500 have been filled.

• 537,305 filled potholes in 2024;
• January 28, 2025 – 8,495 potholes filled;
• January 28, 2024 – 1,725 potholes filled.

And the City is bracing for more. Swings in temperature from above freezing with pooling water on the roads to frigid deep freeze expected later this week make for perfect pothole conditions.

“Absolute middle of winter typically, there’s a focus on snow clearing and you know in the spring and early summer there’s a focus on potholes repair. But right now, they’re kinda split between the two and I think they’re doing the best that they can,” said Councillor Tim Cartmell.

The City’s response to potholes is a common complaint on the streets of Edmonton.

“I think they should be a little more on the ones that are like causing damage to people’s car like some of them I hate it like I swear to God,” said Leigh-Ann.

Adam, an Edmonton driver added, “I think there’s a lot more room for improvement, I think that there’s some areas that could use more road construction or maintenance to remove potholes that affect all the drivers.”

But one city councillor says the City is getting more efficient with repairs.

“Pothole complaints are actually going down in 2021 there at 16,000, in 2023 there at 6500 … by addressing potholes early, by being pro-active, when citizens report small potholes, we can intervene and stop them before they become something larger,” said Councillor Michael Janz.

Edmonton allocated $1.8 billion in road construction from 2023 to 2026, with $960 million for neighbourhood renewal.