Arnold Schwarzenegger took matters into his own hands and repaired a pothole in his Los Angeles neighborhood, after waiting weeks for the city to respond to his request for repairs. The frustrated actor and former California governor posted a video on his Twitter Tuesday of him and a helper using packaged concrete to repair the…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez April 6 outlined how the city is identifying and patching up more than 19,000 potholes after recent historic storms caused damage to streets. “City staff are pulling out all the stops, but not just to prepare every pothole that’s reported, but also to be proactive….

If John Lennon reckoned 4000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire songworthy*, he might have devoted an entire album to the state of Australia’s roads after months of rain and floods. An estimated half of the nation’s A$16 billion (US$10.73 billion) public roads budget is spent on maintenance and repairs, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. State governments invest…

If John Lennon reckoned 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire, he might have devoted an entire album to the state of Australia’s roads after months of rain and floods. An estimated half of the nation’s A$16 billion (US$10.73 billion) public roads budget is spent on maintenance and repairs, according to Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. State governments invest more…